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...next largest bloc, with only 55 seats. His Duma success in hand, Zyuganov is bent on winning the presidency next June, either for himself or for a popular anti-reform Communist candidate. If he succeeds, the current effort to reform and modernize Russia could be choked off in the grip of reimposed central control. The fabric of Russian society and East-West relations would suffer devastating damage...
...caught in Harold's ahistorical grip. To bar against such frightening possibilities, the IRS should get another historian and clean up its act before it cleans up everyone else...
...conference leaders strengthened their grip on first place Saturday, outshooting Union College 50-24 en route to a 4-1 victory. Clarkson will remain at home this weekend, hosting ECAC rivals Brown and Harvard on successive nights...
...problem more apparent than in Florida's conservative Panhandle. "I was surprised by the lack of interest of any kind in Dole among the grass-roots types who supported me," says first-term Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough. As in many other parts of the state, Dole has a secure grip on the party machinery, but that may not be enough. "The hard-core party people here support Dole," says Dr. Frank Biasco of Pensacola, a Republican state committeeman from Escambia County. "The ranking party officials are predominantly for Dole. But as far as I can tell the rest...
Without clear constitutional guidelines about how to handle the power vacuum, there are certain to be palace intrigues ahead, as Kremlin bureaucrats, eager to strengthen the President's failing grip on power, face a challenge from members of Chernomyrdin's team, moving to assert their authority in anticipation of the day when their boss will be in charge. So, after a season of decline, the fine art of Kremlin watching may be poised for a comeback...