Word: labored
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...Israeli politics and the pivotal role of the four religious parties, it is highly unlikely that such a document could be enacted anytime soon. An alternative step might be a reform of the electoral system to allow for more stable parliamentary majorities and reduce the power of marginal parties. Labor politicians are urging such changes, though chances are that Israel will continue to muddle along with its current system. Yet some durable solution must be found if Israel, surrounded as it is by hostile powers, is not to become a house fatally divided against itself...
...Chinese accomplished this feat by melding traditional methods with innovative modern technologies. As the Chinese would say, they "walked on two legs." For all its advances, Chinese agriculture is still strikingly labor- intensive; the backbreaking practice of hand planting is almost universal. Yet China is now using modern chemical fertilizers in addition to time-honored natural ones. More and more acreage is being covered by transparent plastic sheeting that warms the soil, conserves water and guards against bad weather. Veterinarians use the ancient technique of acupuncture, but increasingly they work with laser beams instead of needles...
Quite needlessly too. The source of Dukakis' trouble was in itself nothing so terrible: it was a videotape, covertly circulated in early September to three major news organizations, splicing together speeches by British Labor Party Leader Neil Kinnock and Senator Biden in a way that demonstrated how Biden had been plagiarizing Kinnock's words. Distribution of the tape could have been defended as a proper revelation that raised legitimate questions about Biden's ability to be President. True, it would have been severely embarrassing for any campaign to admit taking shots at Biden on the eve of the hearings...
...leaders of the Islamic movement would have created a very grave situation." Tunisian moderates were especially relieved that the court had spared the life of Rachid Ghannouchi, 47, head of the Islamic Tendency Movement, the group that has spearheaded fundamentalist agitation. He was instead sentenced to "forced labor in perpetuity...
...Britain's Labor Party reverse its decline? That was the question at the heart of the opposition party's five-day annual conference in Brighton last week. The answer: not easily...