Word: scenario
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leading the fight against contra aid, Wright has made such a scenario all the more likely. With the contra threat eliminated, the Sandinistas are certainly no more likely to comply with the principles of the Arias plan and take serious steps towards democratization...
...will be the only white Southerner with a bloc of delegates constitute a large pile of chips. Says Nathan Landow, a fund raiser who helped coax Gore into the race: "If he doesn't get the top spot, he is the obvious running mate for any Northerner under any scenario, including a late entry by Mario Cuomo. Al Gore would bring all the necessary pieces...
...brokered convention, with party leaders wheeling and dealing through multiple ballots, may be the modern political equivalent of the unicorn: long sought but never actually sighted. A more plausible, though still unlikely scenario is for a period of confusion and bartering that begins midway through the primary season, when no candidate looks likely to garner a majority of delegates. That could open the way for a draft movement for someone now on the sidelines...
...sources say that at 1:20 a.m., just hours before the polls opened, Namphy drove in a convoy to the National Palace, where he helped oversee the disruptions. Says a Haitian who claims to have witnessed the convoy: "He was in on the planning and execution of the entire scenario...
...least seven suspensions have been handed out this year for flagrant fouls. But suspensions may not head off the worst-case scenario: death...