Word: ruler
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...experts may agree on little else, most say the economy will remain in precarious health until Congress and the White House devise a realistic plan to cut the budget deficit. That will take some doing. When a perplexed Pharaoh awoke from his dream-filled sleep, Joseph advised the ruler to store food from coming harvests against the time of want. At the moment, no Joseph is available to persuade Washington to adopt frugal habits, even when the fat years are in danger of turning to lean ones...
Opposition supporters handed out leaflets urging people to stage similar displays during a 24-hour general strike Wednesday to protest election fraud and violence by supporters of military ruler Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega...
...Panamanian government, which has issued few statements all week, had no reaction to Bush's call Saturday for Panamanians and the nation's 15,000-member Defense Forces to oust the general. As head of the Defense Forces, Noriega is the country's de facto ruler...
...beneath the ravaged surface of the land, there is renewed vitality in this long-suffering country, a newfound sense of confidence. Surprisingly, the government of Hun Sen, installed by the Vietnamese, has begun to seek changes that could win it something no ruler has had for two decades: popular support. Owing largely to increasingly liberal economic policies, the Prime Minister, 38, is gaining credibility both abroad and at home for departing from Communist orthodoxy...
WASHINGTON--President Bush said yesterday that Panama's presidential election was marred by fraud and irregularities and called on military ruler Manuel Antonio Noriega to "heed the call of the people" and relinquish power...