Word: gain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they vote for the marginal candidates, Zyuganov will win and the result will be a terrible tragedy. They characterize a vote for anyone but Yeltsin as a terrible waste." The scare tactics tap into real fears that Yeltsin or his challengers might step outside the law to hold or gain power, Donnelly notes. Three years after tanks shelled the Russian White House, the country remains awash in conspiracy theories and fears of instability -->