Word: ruthlessness
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...areas, Putin will probably be predictable. Look for him to move early to push through a constitutional amendment extending the presidential term from four years to seven. This would give him 11 years in power, assuming he's re-elected in 2004. And as President, Putin will be discreetly ruthless in his dealings with opposition-minded political heavyweights. Finally, expect him to continue his rock-hard line on Chechnya. The breakaway republic's warlords do not just want independence, he believes. They want to demolish the Russian Federation. Putin speaks of direct rule over the republic and threatens to "destroy...
...main act of his rule so far, the war in Chechnya, has shown that he is a ruthless practitioner of power. That is the self-evident message of the vicious war. Having put his hand to what he calls "my mission, my historic mission... to sort out the situation in the North Caucasus," Putin has not flinched under mounting casualties or criticism. Says a British Foreign Office analyst: "He's a hard-nosed, unsentimental individual who takes very, very tough decisions and pursues them with complete ruthlessness...
DAVID GEFFEN New bio portrays him as ruthless media mogul. Bright side: in Tinseltown, that's a compliment...
Multiple Gores: Gore Number One (abundantly qualified by experience, brains, knowledge) coexists with Gore Number Two (needy kid with daddy complex, beta male) coexists with Gore Number Three (ruthless political gut fighter and truth-bender) coexists with Gore Number Four (Boy Scout, bright as a new dime, with merit badges in environment and policy wonking) coexists with Gore Number Five (the one you saw at the Buddhist temple...
...sense and fitted for action. That's the most favorable reading of him. But Gore, which part of speech is he? Pronoun? Half a dozen pronouns? On the other hand, judging from Gore's performance in the last couple of months, he also knows how to be a fairly ruthless verb...