Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President dressed in fatigues. Are you a soldier or a politician...
...freedom fighter. I would feel insulted if you called me a politician. Politicians here in Africa do not have a good reputation. Really, I'm not enjoying being President. I want to finish rebuilding the army, the police and the judiciary, and leave the country with a new constitution. And then I want to leave office...
NIXON: THE TRIUMPH OF A POLITICIAN...
Gorbachev may have targeted Starkov as a sop to conservatives, then moved against his real target: Afanasyev. Said Vitali Korotich, editor in chief of the liberal weekly Ogonyok: "Gorbachev is an experienced politician who does things in combinations." Another element in this combination may be a new press law under consideration by the Supreme Soviet. The measure, which has been welcomed by liberals, purports to abolish censorship and provides for creation of independent publications with none of the organizational sponsorship now required...
What better month for an Indian politician to seek re-election than November? The harvest and festival seasons have just ended, leaving voters in an ebullient mood, and the weather is tolerable. No wonder, then, that Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi last week scheduled national elections for Parliament's lower house late next month, seven weeks earlier than necessary...