Word: terme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After word leaked that Bush wanted to replace Allen with Arthur Fletcher, a moderate black Republican, Allen said he intended to complete his term, which ends...
Another view is that Newt Gingrich is a visionary. An impassioned reformer, the six-term lawmaker from Jonesboro, Ga., brings innovative thinking and a respect for deeply felt American values to the House...
...party circles now centers on a face-saving compromise under which Botha would share decision making with De Klerk, then retire gracefully in a few months. But P.W. Botha seems to have a "compromise" of his own in mind: he will serve out the last year of his term and De Klerk will wait his turn...
...certainly not with any precision, perhaps not even the Soviets. "Gorbachev has given his clients considerable leeway," says Adrian Hyde-Price, a research fellow at London's Royal Institute of International Affairs. "But he does not seem to have a carefully thought-through policy for the longer term. It is a dreadful double problem: how to open the floodgates without letting too much water rush...
Some analysts detected a trend that could influence next year's regional and national elections. Said Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, head of the Allensbach public opinion institute: "This weakening of the big center parties and the strengthening of the fringes is not a short-term phenomenon. This trend will continue...