Word: processes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...above the quota, election officials transfer the votes of those candidates with the lowest number. This process repeats itself until the proper number of candidates is elected...
...easy to have political ideas, but if you can't get them through the political process, it's no good," Jones says...
...South African law and the proposed Israeli legislation both rely on such vague language. Both grant sweeping powers to the police, and strictly limit court supervision. Both allow search and seizure of property without warrants. And both bypass important elements of due process-in South Africa, suspects are required to give oral evidence with out a lawyer's assistance, while in Israel the normal rules of evidence would be bypassed...
Last week's move was just a small step toward making the ruble freely convertible to other currencies, a process that will have to be done gradually over many years to prevent disruptions in the Soviet Union's economy. The ruble's nonconvertibility has been a major barrier to East-West joint ventures...
South Africa and Israel denied all the charges. Officials in Jerusalem claimed that Washington leaked the story as punishment for Israel's foot dragging in the stalled peace process. There could be another explanation. The U.S. is currently debating whether to let Jerusalem purchase U.S.-built supercomputers for Technion, an Israeli scientific institute. The application is opposed by the Defense Department and the CIA on the grounds that Technion scientists participate in Israel's sub-rosa nuclear and missile programs...