Word: consensus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...president is a lot more than a formality. Megawati Sukarnoputri, whose shock defeat for the presidency in Indonesia's byzantine balloting system Wednesday set off a night of rioting, said she would take the job for "for the sake of the nation." Her path was cleared by an apparent consensus among the political elites that saw the withdrawal of two key rivals, armed forces chief General Wiranto and Akbar Tandjug, the head of former president B. J. Habibie's Golkar party. She also has the backing of newly elected President Abdurrahman Wahid...
...most ambitious antipoverty legislation since LBJ's Great Society. In a New York Times interview, Bradley evoked '60s radicalism, saying "We are in a time of unprecedented prosperity, and yet there are still nearly 14 million children who live in poverty. I think there is a broad consensus that we need to change that...
Stephen Helfer, recalling the general consensus among his friends in the '50s, concludes in his letter ("Tobacco Risks Widely Known," Oct. 14), "For as long as anyone can remember, smoking has been thought to be very harmful...
...recognized the Pakistani military as a source of stability in a fractious and volatile nation. Still, a martial law declaration by any other name is still martial law, and this dashes hopes that General Musharraf could parlay the widespread opposition to the government he ousted into a new political consensus. Which means that turbulence in Pakistan may trouble Washington for some time...
...decline of the national parties may pose a Herculean challenge for anyone trying to govern, but it also paradoxically reflects a growing political consensus in India. This election was principally a personality contest between Vajpayee and Gandhi; their parties are in broad accord on issues ranging from economic reform to nuclear weapons to the conflict with Pakistan over Kashmir. "Indian democracy may produce unstable governments, but the country?s political and economic direction has been remarkably stable for most of the decade," says Rahman. No matter who's at the wheel, the broad policy direction remains the same. And that...