Word: protractedness
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The Challenge: The Shi'ite mainstream will be doing its utmost to see that elections actually take place in January, finally giving the Shi'ites an influence commensurate with their numbers over Iraq's destiny. They're likely to resist any effort to postpone a poll, particularly because Sistani and...
After June 30, Iraq will become a no man’s land. Everything about this next phase smacks of confusion and danger, even without the impact of the abuses by American personnel of Iraqi prisoners: semi-sovereignty mixed with insurrection, protracted ethnic-religious strife and discord over the nature...
But Vajpayee is 80 years old, and is unlikely to be the BJP leader in the next election if the new government sees out its full term. Many of his natural heirs lost their seats in the electoral drubbing, and some party leaders are already indicating a need to return...
Yet the government continues to dither when it comes to attracting businesses that could help create many new jobs. ExxonMobil has been forced to delay an investment of up to $3 billion in a massive new oil field off the coast of Java. The problem: protracted negotiations with the government...
But he has juggled these performances with just as many cold spells. After a solid freshman campaign, Hale suffered several protracted droughts at the plate on the way to a sophomore slump, finishing the season with a paltry .207 average.