Word: splits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...forward as the champion of reform should have surprised no one. The two men have been on a collision course ever since Yeltsin quit the party last July and emerged as the rallying point for the forces of democracy in the Soviet Union. His television statements marked the definitive split between the nation's two most powerful politicians. Yeltsin accused Gorbachev of "deceiving" the people by failing to enact the radical economic reforms he had promised and by accumulating enough personal power to create a dictatorship. "I have made my choice," Yeltsin said. "I believe in the support...
...conclusion, you find the Arab world split in two halves--each resenting the other...
...seventh through tenth seeds play qualifying games to fill out the eight-team bracket. The quarterfinal round is a two-game series with a 10-minute mini-game if the series is split. Semi-final and final rounds are single elimination...
...Panelists directed solutions to the problem towards teaching fellows, suggesting that they split large sections into smaller groups, give equal speaking time to section members, and leave section participation ungraded...
Elements entirely absent from Ibsen's original play have been introduced: Irene's character has been split into two persons, one dressed in white and the other in black. Ulfheim, originally a Scandanavian squire, has acquired a thick Texas accent. A spear, brandied about by various characters, becomes the production's major focus for over an hour. And three "knee plays", short musical skits devised by talented singer/dancer Charles "Honi" Coles (who also plays the spa's manager), precede each...