Word: facto
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...resumption of inspections on flawed terms, insisting the inspectors be mandated by a new Security Council resolution clearly setting out strict terms and deadlines for Iraqi compliance before they return to Baghdad. But the draft resolution Washington has circulated reads more like the scenario for creating a de facto beachhead in Iraq for a U.S.-led invasion force. It speaks of inspection teams accompanied by foreign troops based inside Iraq, who would have the power to declare "exclusion zones" around suspect sites anywhere in the country and bar Iraqi officials from entering; of giving officials from the U.S. and other...
...people's candidate." Yes, that line sounds like p.r.-as-populism, but there are plenty of voters who have been disaffected from two-party politics. And as ex-wrestler Jesse Ventura's 1998 gubernatorial election proved, they watch cable TV. American Candidate could become a kind of de facto third party, but without a crazy, short billionaire Texan...
This leaves Ay. The Prime Minister, who served in the same role under Tut's father, had been de facto King while advising the young Tut and had won the boy's trust. (Tut became Pharaoh when he was 9.) Ay may have coveted the throne himself--a position he in fact assumed after Tut's death. Wall paintings in Tut's tomb show Ay performing the Opening of the Mouth ceremony at Tut's funeral, which is reserved for the heir apparent...
...politically the arts are not even on the radar" to one where "the arts are a profound part of the body politic." As the head of one of Berlin's leading institutions, Rattle will play a central role in the cultural life of a city he calls "the de facto capital of the new Europe." The orchestra reflects this internationalism - its three concert masters are an Israeli, a Pole and a Japanese. And whatever linguistic differences may divide them, all are fluent in the universal language of music. Q&A TIME: You got your new job three years ago. That...
...balances,” he said, criticizing the recently passed legislation that gives President Bush the ability to negotiate trade agreements. “If we didn’t want a messy government, we’d have a monarchy. We’ve created a de facto king...