Word: deadlocked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some, like The Crimson in its editorials, have suggested that students have "veto power" over the search committee's presidential picks. I can already see the headlines: "Activists Reject Fourth Presidential Nominee: University Scrambles to Meet Demands." If you want a recipe for rancor and deadlock, follow The Crimson's advice...
...amazement. Until a few weeks ago, his chances to unseat Kerry looked promising. He had steamrolled over his opponent in the GOP primary, Dan Daly, by scooping close to $2 million out of his personal savings. And entering the general race, Rappaport appeared to be in a virtual deadlock with Kerry, according to several polls...
This time it was the Big Green's Justin Head, serving poetic justice by getting his noggin on a rebound of a John Milne header off the Crimson crossbar and redirecting it into the net. Head's header shattered the 2-2 deadlock and surged Dartmouth ahead with less than 20 minutes to play, merely two minutes after Harvard's Joe Bradley notched an unassisted tally to draw the Crimson even...
...between the two proposals by Oct. 24, when a short-term resolution to keep the government running expires. The Democrats predict that the final plan will probably contain a gas tax increase, combined with an increase in the top marginal tax rate to 31%. Fearing the cost of continued deadlock, Bush is likely to swallow his lips and sign the bill...
...This deadlock of democracy transcends the budget morass and will not be broken with the November elections. The underlying question it raises is stark: Why is the nation unable to govern itself...