Word: exit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...despite the jubilant sounds, Weld supporters had little reason to be pleased as the roll calls were sounded Saturday morning. By the end of the day, House Minority leader Steven D. Pierce would exit the convention with a resounding victory over Weld, establishing himself as the party favorite and a clear frontrunner for the September primary...
...exit the Soviet Union is not necessary. But we should have independence in economic, cultural and political matters. Azerbaijan can feed itself, but it still owes the center 7 billion rubles. This dependence is a bad habit. Each region should take account of itself and develop a contractual relationship with Moscow. Now is the time to show we are an independent republic, and later our children will decide whether or not to leave the union altogether...
...rarity, and has also handed out 1,000 parcels of land to farmers. Two weeks ago, Ortega pardoned the last of Nicaragua's political prisoners -- more than 1,000 former contras -- captured since the Sandinistas seized power in 1979; a week earlier he had promised to loosen exit-visa requirements...
Traditionally, most Jews who managed to obtain Soviet exit visas went to the U.S. -- 183,679 over the past 15 years. But as part of his reforms, President Mikhail Gorbachev is permitting much freer emigration than his country has ever seen. One of the unpleasant side effects of glasnost has been the rapid rise of anti-Semitism and right-wing Russian nationalism, which adds impetus to Jewish departures. A bill now before the parliament in Moscow will remove almost all limits on citizens who want to leave the country. At the same time, citing rising costs of resettlement...
...have crossed the line of common political sense. It will dwarf an airport rally in Omaha, and does not exactly fit the Jeffersonian image of a citizen Executive going modestly among his people. The designers had an inkling of something being out of proportion and put an exit door in the plane's belly so a President would not look like the Angel Gabriel descending from the clouds as he negotiated 26 ft. of stairs. But that will hardly mask the bird's mass...