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...Yale, the linguistics department wasseverely jeopardized in January 1992 when arestructuring committee recommended to disband thedepartment and reallocate its resources into otherdepartments...
...specific impetus behind the speech was Russian President Boris Yeltsin's attempt last week to disband the Russian Congress...
...things now stand, Yeltsin is saddled with what he views as an obstreperous bunch of foot draggers until their terms expire in 1995. He could try to use the the special powers that the parliament granted him after the abortive coup attempt in August 1991 to disband the legislature altogether and impose direct presidential rule. But many fear such a risky step, and parliamentarians were quick to call Yeltsin's bluff by summoning the People's Deputies into session -- over his heated opposition -- on Dec. 1, the very day his mandate to rule by decree expires...
...reflects the Kremlin's general nervousness in the run-up to the December session of the Congress of People's Deputies, where the dominant communists plan to seek the government's resignation and a curb on free-market reforms. In his other show of clout, Yeltsin chose to disband a 5,000-strong police force controlled by one of his major rivals, legislative speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov. Ironically, the so-called Cardinal's Guard was originally formed to protect the Russian legislative building after last year's failed coup. Yeltsin began calling the force an "illegal armed unit" after...
...students are wondering aloud whether it isn't time to disband the Undergraduate Council altogether and startfresh...