Word: deadlocked
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With just under six minutes left in the period, Wheeler knocked in a Chiarelli rebound to tie it once more. But the deadlock lasted only 54 seconds, until right wing Malt Winnicki skated down the right side and blasted a powerful slap shot into the far upper corner of the goal...
Late in the period a Scott Fusco pass off a defenseman's leg was deflected to Chris Chelios, whose slapshot broke the deadlock...
...strong in L.D.P. circles that without his support Nakasone would not have been chosen as Prime Minister. Thus Nakasone runs the risk of alienating many Tanaka supporters and jeopardizing his position as the party's official leader if he pushes too hard to break the present parliamentary deadlock...
...authority expires in less than a month. But even if the save-the-commission movement in Congress goes forward, Ronald Reagan seems likely to achieve-though perhaps in a very unintended way-what a White House statement proclaimed to be the purpose of the firings: "to break the present deadlock" over the commission's membership...
...That deadlock has been developing almost since the beginning of the Reagan Administration. The Civil Rights Commission, established in 1957, has no enforcement powers; its members and staff can only investigate racial and sex discrimination renewal and assess the progress of federal efforts to end it. But even that watchdog role has had enough bite to nettle Reagan: for the past two years, the commission has issued a series of reports assailing his Administration for allegedly failing to enforce antibias laws vigorously. The castigation continued even after Reagan dismissed the chairman and vice chairman in November 1981 and won Senate...