Word: septum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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True to form, Yeltsin stepped offstage three weeks ago -- into the Kremlin hospital for repair of a deviated septum -- at the same time that he ordered the Russian armed forces to seize control in Chechnya and disarm the supporters of its defiant president, Jokhar Dudayev. The disappearance of Yeltsin and his failure to explain the decision to use force began a new round of speculation about his health and his competence to handle his job. Though U.S. Vice President Al Gore visited him and reported that he was fine, the rumors continued...