Word: powerfully
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time at Harvard I started messing around with muffins," he says. "I made these things called power muffins, I would use the students as my subjects...
...peace plan--which advocated shifting of power to northern and eastern provinces where Tamils dominate--was strongly opposed by the more radical Tigers, who advocate a separate Tamil homeland...
...circles the city--the media figures probably seem as big as the politicians they cover. Sam Donaldson vs. Dennis Hastert--is there any doubt who's bigger? But walking the sidewalks of this city, with its overarching civic feel--statues, columns and marble, with its shifting tectonic plates of power, it is clear that the public officials, the lawmakers and those--in crisp suits, loud shoes and big grins--who would influence them, own this city...
...concern that unites all of Indonesia?s elites, and that may make Megawati Sukarnoputri the country?s next president. The opposition leader, who won the biggest share of the vote ?- 34 percent ?- in the June 7 election, on Thursday broke her silence and demanded the reins of power. Megawati had remained circumspect during the subsequent glacial vote count as backroom negotiations continued among the country?s power centers, including the military, the ruling Golkar party (which polled 22 percent) and a plethora of smaller parties. Thursday?s announcement follows indications that the military may have offered to back...
...military?s concern to put an end to last year?s riots that led General Wiranto to gently nudge Suharto out of power and to commit the country to elections. But Suharto?s handpicked heir, President B.J. Habibie, and his Golkar party potentially have sufficient support in the electoral assembly -- due to set-asides for the military and regional representatives -- to block Megawati?s accession. Despite her call for Suharto to be prosecuted for abuses of power, there?s unlikely to be an accord on her taking the presidency unless she gives some guarantee of immunity to the masters...