Word: oppositionism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. FLOYD HASKELL, 82, former Colorado Senator who began political life as a Republican but was elected to the Senate as a Democrat in 1972 after his opposition to the Vietnam War compelled him to switch parties; in Washington.
The fiercer battle will be over Chernomyrdin's proposal to peg the ruble to the dollar via a currency board -- everyone from international lenders to the Communist opposition is skeptical. "It's like having 1,000 people in a room with no air, and then throwing in a bottle of...
Despite the news, the Nikkei index slipped only slightly Wednesday because the Japanese Diet looked to be making some progress -- albeit slow and circuitous -- toward a critical compromise on banking reform. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party favors maintaining a fairly generous state-sponsored bank rescue plan, while opposition parties (and...
Iran's Islamic fundamentalist rulers have a beef with their Afghani counterparts -- so much so that Tehran on Tuesday sent 70,000 troops to play war games on the border between the two countries. Tensions are running high since 11 Iranian diplomats disappeared after the ruling Taliban seized an opposition...
Chernomyrdin is trying to cobble together a coalition involving Communists and other opposition parties, but Monday's rejection was a bid by the opposition-controlled Duma to secure further concessions before confirming him in a later ballot. Western lenders are alarmed at the concessions Chernomyrdin has already offered, such as...