Word: government
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...poor reputation of today's council comes from a mismatch between what it calls itself and what it actually does. Many current council members do a good job trying to make the campus a better place. But it's a joke to say they "govern." Scrap these farcical elections and pretensions of democracy, and the council will have a clearer role on campus and the flexibility to accomplish more...
Musharraf: I would like to move toward the substance of democracy and away from the sham democracy we have had. I want a true democracy at the grass-roots level in which people can govern themselves and run their own health programs and road construction. Members of the National Assembly were doling out uncontrolled funds and controlling people's destinies at their whims. I'll change that...
Many students said they thought HRDC should formally encourage directors--through the written guidelines that govern Common Casting--to cast shows without consideration of the actor's race and the character they could possibly play...
...that's because when I was young, I was surrounded by strong women, real fighters. This was in La Mancha, a very machista and conservative region. There, the man is a king sitting on his throne. And the women are like the prime minister; they are the ones who govern the house, resolve the problems...
...side of the reformists - and created a powerful crowbar with which Premier Zhu Rongji can prize open the economy and ensure its long-term growth despite the short-term pain. After 13 years of negotiations, the U.S. and China have finally agreed on a comprehensive set of rules to govern their increasingly interwoven economic relationship. But selling that deal won't be plain sailing for the politicians on either side of the Pacific...