Word: gridlock
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...message overtake the needs of telling an exiting yarn. Instead, he uses ingenious dramatic irony to explore an issue's nuance. For example, L.A.'s traffic jams, just one result of over-population, become a frequent motif in The Human Dilemma. One scene has Concrete, stuck in a steamy gridlock, leaping to the rescue of someone caught in a dangerous road rage incident. But, in the first of several missed chances at heroism during the series, he can't save the victim...
...political gridlock has deepened the frustration of ordinary Iraqis. Their first experience of democracy may be acquiring a bitter aftertaste, having braved death to go out and vote for lists of candidates who were kept almost entirely anonymous due to security concerns, only to see a familiar cast of characters haggling behind closed doors to divide the spoils of power. They don't know who is really in charge, and they don't see anything being done to improve their lives...
...redrawing of the districts that elect them. Because the statehouse now determines voting districts, the current map generally ensures that incumbents face minimal challenges to re-election. That promotes the election of politicians who tend toward the extremes of their parties, and the resulting polarity in the statehouse produces gridlock. Schwarzenegger wants to set up a panel of nonpartisan judges to supervise redistricting. If, as expected, the legislature opposes the idea, he is considering going back to the people in a special election. "It is one option we have, definitely," says Mike Murphy, a senior adviser to Schwarzenegger. The Governor...
...revised the country's defense policy, relaxing a long-standing ban on arms exports to allow sales to the U.S. of components related to the development of a joint missile-defense system. A day earlier, the Cabinet extended by a year Japan's humanitarian military mission in Iraq. Government Gridlock TAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian suffered a setback as his independence-backing Democratic Progressive Party and its ally, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, failed to take control of the legislature. The Kuomintang-led opposition, which favors eventual reunification with China, retained a slim majority, winning 114 seats in the 225-member...
...result means a continuation of legislative gridlock. The priority items on Chen's agenda?besides constitutional reform, an $18 billion package to purchase arms from the U.S.?look likely to remain stalled. For Beijing, that's welcome news...