Word: derailer
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Several educators who have worked closely with Peterkin feel differently about his decision to enter academics. The principal of North Division High School, which serves Milwaukee's poorest district, says that while Peterkin's departure came as a surprise, it will not derail efforts to improve the schools...
Bush must not be allowed to derail the sanctions policy by using the Security Council resolution to obtain war powers from Congress. Of course the U.N. resolution passed; the signatories had little or nothing to lose...
...right-wing Conservative Party is also stalling reform and has refused to accept De Klerk's invitation to participate in the talks. The party's current preoccupation, in fact, is an internal debate over whether to launch a civil- disobedience campaign against the government. Conservative pressure won't derail the reform process, but it could force De Klerk to act even more cautiously to preserve his white base of support...
...nourished his belief that he has little to fear if he misbehaves. A loner, he has rarely if ever been told no -- probably because the few who tried to do so tended to wind up dead. So no one can be very sure what, if any, message will derail his ruthless drive to be the paramount power in the Persian Gulf. Fortunately, Saddam has few friends around the globe, and his truculence is knitting unlikely partners into a broad-based opposition...
...Deukmejian and the Democratic- controlled legislature reached a compromise that balances the state's $55 billion budget by reducing social spending $2.3 billion. Limiting state and local tax deductions to $10,000 would affect only 224,000 people, most of whom earn more than $200,000. But it could derail a movement by Democratic legislators to raise $2 billion by increasing the top income tax rate...