Word: governance
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...also said that lingering questions about Bush's mandate to govern would put a counter-pressure on the Republican leadership for something substantive in February, perhaps on education or on Social Security...
Bush began phoning G.O.P. lawmakers and asking them to give the Gore bashing a rest. He instructed Cheney and other allies to send the same message. The overheated rhetoric had outlived its usefulness; now it was only stirring up the Democrats and making it harder for Bush to govern when the time came. He hoped that Gore allies would be more likely to call for their man to step down if the Republicans weren't constantly doing so, and he wanted to smooth the way for the charm offensive he would launch as soon as Gore made it official...
...decision's aftermath, even Republicans admit that Bush must convince the nation that the presidency confers upon him the legitimacy to govern...
...voters know that clamping down harder on Palestinians doesn't solve the problem, and ultimately they'll be back at the peace table. And Israel's fractious and complicated parliamentary system allows a prime minister to win by a landslide but even then struggle to maintain a workable majority government (as Barak did). Now, Netanyahu looks set to return to the same booby-trapped office. But even having to govern via a traditionally fractious Israeli coalition government won't stop Netanyahu from keeping his foot firmly jammed on the brake of the peace process. Or at least, proceeding only...
...seems like students were relieved of their ability to govern their involvement at the IOP now that the staff is running the elections," Woodruff said. "We are at the mercy of staff decision for programming and the formal role that the students have...