Word: parliament
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While the Mafia fed the world's drug habit, the problem initially did not seem urgent in Italy. In 1975 Parliament passed one of Europe's most liberal drug laws, which allowed individuals to possess an unspecified "modest quantity" of narcotics -- even heroin and cocaine -- for personal use. The legislation was hard only on dealers: they could be sentenced to 30 years in prison...
...winging off to foreign parts is that he has serious, apparently growing troubles at home. In recent weeks there have been bloody riots in the Caucasus and protests along the Baltic. At a special session of the Supreme Soviet, a few deputies to the traditionally rubber-stamp parliament took glasnost and democratization seriously enough to vote against some of Gorbachev's reforms. These difficulties give Gorbachev two reasons to keep hitting the diplomatic high road: he must reduce international tensions if he / is to devote more resources to internal restructuring, and he needs a demonstrably successful foreign policy to compensate...
...uncertain how much of a dent Bhutto can make in these problems. Not only is her majority in Parliament paper-thin, her power is diluted by the fact that the Senate is dominated by the opposition Islamic Democratic Alliance, as is the government of Punjab, the most populous province. Bhutto is further hobbled by promises made to keep the armed forces in their barracks. Cutting military expenditures, which consume 40% of the budget, is not feasible, Bhutto says, "unless you want to invite in martial...
...Reagan last January and passed by the U.S. Congress, the accord will bind the world's largest bilateral trading relationship -- last year's value was about $132.5 billion -- into a single duty-free market within ten years. Two days after the triumph, the Prime Minister's office announced that Parliament would meet Dec. 12 to approve the pact...
...trade agreement. The Liberals turned the election into a referendum on patriotism. That did not win them the election -- though the left would have won had it not divided its 52% of the vote between two parties -- but it did save them from catastrophe. They doubled their representation in Parliament and remain a viable alternative to the Conservatives...