Word: powerfulness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Boris Yeltsin is no exception. With his term of office scheduled to end next year, the Russian president has deliberately plunged his country into a new bout of political and economic turmoil, driven by a single objective. "Yeltsin's only concern is, and always has been, his own power," says TIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovich. "He's prepared to hold onto power even if that means bringing catastrophe upon his country...
...eight-month cease-fire with the Communist-controlled parliament and sets the stage for a fierce political battle as his second -- and supposedly final -- term in office draws to a close. The legislature's term expires in December, emboldening it to face down a president whose autocratic constitutional power includes the right to summarily dissolve parliament and call new elections. "For the Communists, it's convenient to have a confrontation with Yeltsin in which he dissolves the Duma," says Zarakhovich. "It will make them heroes and strengthen their chances of being reelected...
...confrontation was launched by Yeltsin, and it suggests he has no intention of leaving office when his term expires in 2000. "Yeltsin doesn't believe he has to surrender power next year," says Zarakhovich. "If his physical condition allows it -- which is far from certain -- no constitutional requirements will get him out of office. The whole history of Yeltsin's presidency suggests that he'll find a way, such as provoking a confrontation and then declaring a state of emergency, to stay in power...
...courage to do so. But looking into Olivia's eyes, I saw in her what I had always seen in her--an intensity that I had never seen in anyone else. Even if her life hadn't gone the way she wanted it to, she still had the power to shape it in a way that would make her happy. And it struck me that, throughout all of our friendship, she had spent a good deal of time and energy convincing me that this strength I saw in her could be found...
...have friends like Olivia, beautiful and stronger than we ever imagined we could be. It is up to us to remind them of their own power, and of how much they are loved; for what is clear as day to us may be impossible for them to see. And it is up to them to lightly smack us upside the head, lovingly call us morons and hold us until we realize that the strength we see in them is shining in us, too. Sarah A. Rodriguez '99 is an English concentrator in Winthrop House. This is her final column...