Word: sides
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...promptly at midnight. The crowd, inspired by Deputy Sheriff Klingemann's quiet presence, downed the last of some 700 cans of beer sold during the evening and melted away peaceably. Shouting erupted upstream when the returning Mexicans found that their boatman had tied up the rowboat on the far side of the river and gone to bed. The problem was resolved when a young man rolled up his trousers and waded across to bring the boat back to the U.S. side. By 1:30 a.m. there were no human sounds at Lajitas, only the quiet gurgle of the Rio Grande...
...plant closings. But the House had already passed the bill by a veto-proof 312 to 107, and the Senate was not about to back down. As the Senate's Democratic leaders struggled on Wednesday to line up votes and woo as many Republicans as possible to their side, the roll call was delayed several times. When the tally was finally taken at 5:11 p.m., the bill passed by 63 to 36, but that was three votes short of the two-thirds majority necessary to override a veto. For the moment, and perhaps for the rest of the year...
...week's end both sides were still hoping to get a measure enacted. Said Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia: "This bill isn't dead yet. I hope the President will rethink his position and come down on the side of the American people." But the White House was counting on Congress to resubmit a bill without the plant-closing measure, and there was no sign of a quick resolution to the conflict. Said Senator John Danforth, a Missouri Republican: "I believe that this bill is dead...
...these groups oversees social-welfare tasks like organizing food and medical supplies for periods of curfew and supplying money to the poorer families. Another subcommittee ensures that foreign and Israeli journalists covering the uprising have access to the Palestinian side of the story. The most important committee is the one for "struggle operations." This supersecret, three- or four-member group decides what specific actions to take, from stone throwing to confrontations with the Israeli army. Once a tactic is approved, word is passed to the camp's or village's popular committee. From there, individual faction leaders mobilize their forces...
...became a republic four decades ago. The Democratic Justice Party won only 125 of the legislature's 299 seats, leaving it 25 votes short of a majority. Clearly shaken by his party's poor showing, Roh declared that he "humbly" accepted the defeat, and tried to find a bright side to it. Said he: "The parliamentary elections, in a sense, will offer an opportunity to advance political maturity in our country." But he acknowledged that "numerous difficulties are expected in the execution of state affairs...