Word: rule
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...represents the organization's response to the end of the cold war and the spread of democracy in Europe. With the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the U.S.S.R., countries that had been captive nations became sovereign, independent states. They have been holding elections, instituting the rule of law, opening their economies and nurturing a free press...
...alone in the universe? In a lovely piece in the New York Times, John Noble Wilford cited with some melancholy our "cosmic loneliness." One could go anywhere with that daunting thought. We could conclude that we humans are a special breed, appointed by universal forces to planet-hop and rule. It would be like us to think that--every dead brown rock on every dead brown planet serving to exalt our life by contrast. We are the fireworks in the darkened universe, the Chinese firecrackers, the Roman candles and the sparklers. In a few short decades we may be spread...
...instinct tells me there'll be continuing interest and curiosity about Tyson," Jay Larkin, a Showtime senior vice president whose instincts are hard to argue with, told USA Today. Nor will Holyfield rule out a return bout. "I wouldn't say never," he says...
...climax of the party was the stroke of midnight, when Hong Kong offically reverted to Chinese rule. As the hour approached, Hong Kong's socialities prepared to shed their British colonial adornments for traditional Chinese attire. The Kroks were not exception...
...demanding partial immunity as his price, may never get to the witness stand, now that Attorney General Janet Reno has announced her opposition to the deal. Granting Huang even partial immunity, she argued, may interfere with her ongoing investigation into campaign finance irregularities. "It's basically the Ollie North rule," says TIME's John Dickerson. "North had an indictment thrown out because the partial immunity he had been granted wound up being treated as total immunity. It's just too complicated legally. And Reno's worried that she'll lose Huang." Thompson's worried too. His proposed compromise: let Huang...