Word: solider
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...University of Tokyo. "This election could create a national consensus for reform." Indeed, even Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, whose Liberal Democrats were in cahoots with the bureaucrats for decades, has promised to cut the 22 ministries in half if his party manages to once again win a solid mandate. Although the party is currently in the lead, polls predict that it will fall short of a majority, raising the specter of further coalition rule for the country. Whoever forms the government will come under pressure to restructure everything from Japan's backward social-welfare system to its hesitant defense role...
...stake in the community," says Woodhull, which means that today's young Americans may tune in to regular news 10 years down the road. But, she cautions, news outlets "have to lay the groundwork now." Yet, with the exception of a few efforts like the Boston Globe's solid but irritatingly titled Gen X column, "Whatever," newspapers have been slow to reach out to young readers. Television executives, on the other hand, are gung ho. This campaign season, it seems every channel has a new twentysomething on the staff, taking a page from MTV, which began covering politics during...
...overwhelming amount of information available to people because of the growing number of sources, such as the Internet. Clearly, some sources will be more useful to people than others and, according to Elizabeth Gleick, it has become increasingly difficult for the newspaper to maintain its reputation as a solid and valuable source of news distribution in light of the increasing online news information system and the growing availability of computers and the Internet to the general public...
...better. In the last three games, the Braves big three of John Smoltz, Greg Maddux, and Tom Glavine gave up a grand total of one run. While no one is shocked by this performance (the three are amongst the best pitchers in the game), such total domination of the solid St. Louis offense is especially impressive...
...have decided that Lebed was better off out of his government. He may come to regret it. If Yeltsin's worsening health brings about new presidential elections before the government can cope with massive public resentment over months of unpaid salaries, Lebed could parlay his high profile and solid popularity into a potent bid for the presidency. -->