Word: holding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Others argue that PR does not really provide for minority representation. Although the system was designed to loosen the hold political parties have on government, many city residents argue that here, a two-party system has simply adapted itself...
Early next year, both parties will hold conventions to endorse candidates and eliminate those with little support. And because of what they see as brighter prospects in 1990, the competition has already begun among Republicans, whose non-binding convention will endorse one candidate in each of the 277 races...
...Okay, hold on Celtics fans. Yes, Larry is back, and after bidding arrivaderci to point guard Brian Shaw, the green Machine picked up John Bagley and Ed Pinckney as fine-tuned working parts to go with Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, Reggie Lewis and Dennis Johnson. But don't start feeling comfortable atop the Atlantic Division standings just...
...practical terms will apply to a small portion of transactions. Tourists are generally asked to pay in foreign currency for lodging, transit and food. And as Soviet citizens know painfully well, the ruble is virtually worthless in the domestic economy. Moscow cabbies speed past hapless hailers unless they hold up something more enticing: a greenback or a pack of Marlboro cigarettes...
...trepidation in Western capitals when he emerged from the bush. Now the assessment is almost unanimously positive. Museveni, says a U.S. diplomat in Kampala, has been "a very effective leader. He has subdued tribal rebels in the north, instituted a sort of grass-roots democracy, and even managed to hold a successful national election. Politically, things are as good as they...