Word: deepening
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...large degree by leftovers from the corrupt political class that once had a lock on power, they tried and failed to wrest power from Chavez with a coup d'etat in 2002 and a nationwide oil strike that paralyzed the country later that year. They only seemed to deepen their hole when they lost a 2004 referendum to oust Chavez and then boycotted parliamentary elections last year - a blunder that allowed Chavez allies to take 100% control of Venezuela's National Assembly and strengthened his seeming omnipotence. Since then, divisive infighting has been the opposition's norm...
...shake the trees" approach, putting as much pressure as possible on the government and civilian population in the hopes that someone would turn on Hamas. But it's difficult to see how some Israeli tactics, particularly the strike on the Gaza power supply, can do much other than deepen the Palestinians' misery. Already crippled by the West's financial blockade against the Hamas government, the Palestinian Authority, along with U.N. offices in Gaza, must now find a way to run sanitation systems, water supplies and hospitals with nearly half the power down--in 90° heat. "I'm not sure...
...problem is that Abbas, and his party, Fatah, may fare even more poorly in an election called under such circumstances than they did in the January poll that brought Hamas to power. And if Hamas is returned for a second time, the stalemate would simply deepen. The alternative might be to back Abbas seizing control over all the levers of government without new elections. But that would not only make a mockery of the Bush administration's stated commitment to democracy in the Arab world; it would likely set off a Palestinian civil war that would have negative implications...
That’s a far-fetched fear, however, and while there are a few bad eggs (white supremacy social networking, anyone?), the vast majority of these communities are just alternate places to find friendship and deepen passions. The most important of social networks, in fact, aren’t controversial at all—they’re the ones which center on us. They take the form of AIM buddy lists and email address books, and they’re comprised of our present friends and roommates, people we knew in high school, old teachers and mentors, colleagues...
...question, the Bush administration and its European allies will likely move to Plan B. For the moment, that means trying to assemble a so-called coalition of the willing, in which nations will be asked to chill political and trade relations with Iran in order to deepen the regime?s isolation...