Word: dint
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Leader Peres, 57, is a careful pragmatist given to governing through well-wrought political alliances rather than by dint of personality. A protégé of David Ben-Gurion, Israel's founder and first Prime Minister, Peres got started in politics as a youth and by 1974 had risen to become Defense Minister. In a recent interview with TIME, Peres outlined his plan to deal with Israel's economic crisis. He said that his first priority would be to slash funds for settlements in the occupied Arab territories. Next he would try to obtain an agreement among...
...attempt to organize a tightly-organized convention, the GOP has projected an image of unity behind the banner of conservatism. By dint of the overwhelming majority of right-wingers gathered, the Republicans have demonstrated a remarkable intolerance for differing perspectives. By systematic suppression of dissent, the party is unwittingly undermining rather than reinforcing the precepts of democracy...