Word: ramming
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...draw attention to the A.N.C.'s links with the Communist Party of South Africa. Although De Klerk says he will be out to win the election, his basic goal is to get at least 34% of the vote. That way he can block any constitution the A.N.C. tries to ram through the constituent assembly. Wild cards in the electoral deck will be the 3 million colored, or mixed race, voters and the 1 million Asians. Although both groups suffered under apartheid, their conservative outlook is working in De Klerk's favor. Says Magda Bellwood, a Cape Town receptionist: "Better...
...country. But Yeltsin stubbornly keeps going on. Can a huge state be held hostage to this kind of stubbornness? When you are driving a car and see a concrete wall up ahead, you have to put on the brakes. Maybe if you're alone in the car you could ram it, but if you are taking the whole country along, you have to be more reasonable...
...shopping. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, who would be expected to agree with the anomalous act-of-God explanation, instead declared gravely that "recovery is at risk." The reason for the role reversal, of course, was the economic stimulus package -- i.e., jobs and infrastructure spending -- that Clinton is trying to ram through Congress. The worse the economy looks, the stronger the case for Clinton's $16 billion energizer...
There was no sign last week that Yeltsin was in immediate danger of losing his post by impeachment or forced resignation. But his ability to ram through difficult economic decisions will continue to wane. "My best guess," says former Director of Central Intelligence Robert Gates, "is that the struggle will continue and that it will be a continuing drain on the reform process...
Heptulla said BJP leaders last December incited a crowd of Hindus to demolish the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India, for the party's political advancement. Many Hindus believe the Babri Mosque's location is the birthplace of the God Ram...