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...Federal Security Service boss has raised the specter of unconstitutional moves. Inside Russia, Putin is known as an "ice-head" or tough hardened guy--not the ideal pedigree for shoring up the nation's rickety democratic system. But while Putin and Yeltsin could declare a state of emergency, disband the Duma or cancel elections, Kremlin aides insist that Yeltsin appreciates the importance of a peaceful transfer of power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Puppet Master | 8/23/1999 | See Source »

...Thompson says that at an institution like Harvard, where change comes slowly, the administration is unlikely to dismantle the committee system anytime soon. Even the handful of committees that Thompson identifies as superfluous are hard to disband, she says...

Author: By Jason M. Goins and Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Over-'Committeed' & Under Pressure: Harvard's Faculty Churns out Policy One Meeting at a Time | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

...were perhaps acting only as irresponsibly as many other college organizations. However, the failure to hold individual members responsible not only denied the Krueger family their day in court, but also sent the wrong message to the myriad fraternities and final clubs which populate America's campuses. "Drink, haze, disband, and move on" is a message that makes a mockery of the judicial process...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Staff | 11/4/1998 | See Source »

...have had a succession of tough laws and tough laws and tough laws, and the horror has increased and increased and increased," said former government spokesman Kevin McNamara. Given that the splinter group responsible for Omagh has already stopped operating, and that the IRA is calling for it to disband, Britain and Ireland may have arrived too late to padlock the stable door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Guerrilla's Home Is His Castle | 9/1/1998 | See Source »

...Russia, despite the promises of its president, may not be ready to change. "The Duma makes reform very difficult -- in part because the hard-liners wouldn't mind if the Yeltsin government fell," says Baumohl. Perhaps Yeltsin will disband the Duma after all -- if only to get his hands on that loan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's Loan Officer Is Skeptical | 6/24/1998 | See Source »

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