Word: governance
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...Zimbabwe election has hardened Botha's stance on Namibia (South West Africa). South Africa continues to govern the territory in spite of repeated United Nations demands for self-determination. Mugabe's victory has left white-ruled South Africa more isolated than ever behind a ring of less-than-friendly black states; consequently, there now seems to be little chance that the Pretoria government will agree to internationally supervised elections in Namibia. Instead, South Africa-backed parties in the huge territory may be tempted to go ahead with their own version of unilateral independence. If that happens Namibia might...
...more serious miscalculation was Clark's early decision to "govern as if we had a majority," even though the Tories, with 136 seats out of the total of 282, were five short of parliamentary control. Confidently assuming that Trudeau's political career was over and that the Liberals would not dare risk an election with a lame-duck leader, Clark brought out a belt-tightening budget, which Finance Minister Crosbie described as "short-term pain for long-term gain." The Tories did not even attempt to obtain the support of the Créditistes or the New Democrats...
...does Buckley, who never offers bait without a barb. Oakes expresses "dismay over the mind-boggling incapacity of Frenchmen to govern themselves." Acheson recalls John Stuart Mill's observation that while Conservatives are not generally stupid, "stupid people are generally Conservative." The Soviet intelligence chief pays the author a compliment by quoting from a National Review article on an assassination attempt that "had all the earmarks of a CIA operation...
...that a "honeymoon period" does not necessarily exist in Canada. Although the voters did spare themselves another campaign by choosing a majority, they certainly did not resolve the fundamental conflicts that cast a specter over Canadian politics. Perhaps Trudeau will have to define what Canadians want before he can govern effectively. Given the country's cultural diversity and regional disparities, his task appears difficult...
Most codes govern only the student's own actions but codes at West Point and the Air Force Academy require a student to report the names of anyone else who has lied, cheated, or stolen anything...