Word: fiefdoms
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...that the result is likely to make much difference to the immediate plans of the man who has ruled Zimbabwe as a personal fiefdom for the past 20 years. "ZANU-PF will form the government whatever the results," the party's national chairman, John Nkomo, vowed over the weekend. "Mugabe can have a cabinet of just five if he wants. Mugabe is an institution." But the president faces reelection in 2002, and Tuesday?s result may portend worse to come for the ruling party. The immediate danger is that the greater the challenge Mugabe perceives, the more desperate he becomes...
...keep U.S. troops there indefinitely than it is to bring them home. Because while Capitol Hill will inevitably back away from allowing the war to restart, concerns over the safety of the troops means they are unlikely to aggressively pursue and eliminate potential security threats in the troubled Balkan fiefdom. The House of Representatives Tuesday voted to withdraw U.S. forces by next year unless Europe shoulders more responsibility for stabilizing the region, and the Senate will consider similar legislation on Friday. "But even if the legislation passes," says TIME Washington correspondent Massimo Calabresi, "a year from now when...
...area of public confidence and trust, where Kerasiotes failed, he must follow through on this commitment. While Kerasiotes achieved a superb safety record and received praise for successful traffic abatement efforts, he left a far more damaging legacy: he turned a public project into his own private fiefdom. Through creative accounting and fiscal trickery, he denied accurate information to the taxpayers about a project for which they are paying...