Word: tensing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
A drive anywhere for the Chief Justice these days takes on the trappings of a campaign rally. But Chaudhry is no candidate. He is a symbol, rather, of a yearning for democracy and an independent judiciary, and the people of Pakistan are coming out in the tens of thousands to...
On Tuesday the legislature started a special session to reform Florida's dysfunctional property tax system, aiming to save residents the tens of billions of dollars that Californians reaped a generation ago. It's been almost 30 years since California approved Proposition 13, one of the most dramatic property tax...
At the time, the Soviet news agency TASS called Reagan's visit to the Wall "openly provocative, war-mongering." But listen closely to a recording of it today: the speech sounds as much like an invitation as it does a challenge. "There is one sign the Soviets can make that...
But nowhere will Bush receive as warm a welcome as in Albania, where he is scheduled to land on Sunday morning. Bush will be the first sitting President to visit the remote Balkan country, the poorest in Europe, and Albanians have outdone themselves in preparations: tens of thousands have thronged...
Tens of thousands of Pakistanis lined the route, cheering, chanting and waving banners emblazoned with Chaudhry's face. At every small town and junction the Mitsubishi, accompanied by a growing cavalcade of cars, trucks, vans, busses, rickshaws and even donkey carts, was welcomed with boisterous cheers. Dancing ponies performed in...