Word: deadlocked
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...choose a Speaker. Instead of showing signs of progress to an increasingly impatient electorate, the session portrayed the new legislature as a hung parliament. As tempers flared among legislators, TV coverage was cut off in order to stop the broadcast of an embarrassing spectacle. But the reason for the deadlock is not simply a failure of Iraq's elected leaders to achieve consensus. The rules of Iraqi democracy, as bequeathed by outgoing U.S. administrator J. Paul Bremer, require the support of a two-thirds majority in the Assembly for the creation of a new government, a standard that...
...deadlock was short-lived, with Mercyhurst earning its last lead at 4-3 with 4:40 left in the middle frame—erased early in the third by Corriero’s last tally...
...combination of fusion voting with instant runoff voting could only serve to expand the options available to citizens, enrich the content of political debate, and turn third parties from spoilers into innovators. It’s taken two parties to get us into the deadlock in which we find ourselves today. It may take three, four, or five to get us out—and it may take a new kind of politics to fulfill the promise of American democracy...
...Harvard run—including a kill by senior outside hitter Abe Marouf and three by junior middle hitter Seamus McKiernan—finally allowed it to break free of the deadlock and complete the sweep with a 30-27 clinching frame. The match also opened with a fiercely contested game. Both sides dug balls and traded points until a 7-1 Crimson run put it ahead 13-7. Endicott fought back, taking 11 of the next 19 points to pull within three...
When it became clear that Clayton and Mullen Jr. were not going to budge, producer Steve Lillywhite was brought in to break the deadlock. "They played me the record," says Lillywhite, "and it was, well, it had the weight of the world on its shoulders. It certainly wasn't any fun." After several lengthy meetings, Bono and the Edge caved. "The songs were good," says Bono, "but good won't bring you to tears or make you want to leave your house and tour for a year. The bastards were right...