Word: parliament
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...appear to be headed for a showdown over Yeltsin?s new prime minister, but they?re just going through the motions, says TIME Moscow bureau chief Paul Quinn-Judge. ?Nobody wants a confrontation because it?s not in anybody?s interest. If they can?t agree, Yeltsin will dissolve parliament and hold new elections. The Communists may not like Yeltsin?s choice for prime minister, but they like the idea of facing the voters even less,? says Quinn-Judge. So, after a ritual showdown, Yeltsin will get his man, and both he and his opponents will remain comfortably entrenched...
...Addressing the country's parliament today, the President proclaimed partnership, repeated his ?trade-not-aid? mantra, and dished out the plaudits to President Nelson Mandela and his anointed heir, Thabo Mbeki. Nothwithstanding the bonhomie, there may also be some tough talking between the President and his hosts. Mbeki has publicly criticized Clinton over trade issues, while South Africa?s relationships with Washington?s rogues gallery -- Cuba, Libya, Iran and others -- creates periodic spats between the two governments. But none of this will subvert the relationship between the U.S. and the nation with Africa?s strongest economy...
...doctor flustered and the secretary undressed. It is soon revealed that Mrs. Prentice herself is similarly unclothed, having been sexually assaulted by (orbeen assaulting?) a bellhop (James Carmichael, '01), who subsequently enters and manages to also become undressed. Bring into the confusion an overzealous Psychiatric Commissioner of the British Parliament ("Dr. Groves", Brendan Greaves, '00) and a doltish Police Sergeant (Will Burke, '99), and soon more than half the cast is running around naked and all are certifiably insane...
...outcome is uncertain because even though the BJP is the biggest party in parliament, without its coalition partners it does not have the seats to withstand two major opposition groups, the Congress party and the United Front...
...bold statement coming from the leader of a coalition facing a vote of confidence by parliament, a confirmation that must occur within 10 days after Vajpayee becomes prime minister...