Word: terming
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...have the constitutional right to do so, but the global conflict with the Soviets created a political culture in which partisan debates ended at America?s shores, and a respect for the paramountcy of the president?s authority on matters of national security. Not for nothing did the term "president" become interchangeable with "commander in chief...
...getting drawn into an offensive, and Moscow has rebuffed attempts at negotiation by Chechen president Mashkadov, who remains the territory?s most credible moderate leader. It looks as if there?s very little coordination among Russia?s political leaders and its generals, and there?s no long-term strategy evident." To be sure, analysts agree that a battle for Grozny would lead to massive casualties on both sides. "And even if they capture it, there?s no guarantee that they?ll be able to hold it," says Meier. The Chechens, after all, are traditionally a guerrilla force, and they...
...witnessed carrying his "Will Argue for Five minutes for One Dollar" sign around Harvard Square, the Argument Guy offers repartee without the hefty Harvard term bill. Last Thursday, Argument Guy met his match...
...Waiting to go on at the hotel, in an oak-paneled room equipped with bar and pool table, the Kroks relax and practice some of their music. Without soloist, they revealed the bare and mindless ba-ba ba-ba's that are the backbone ("block" is the official term) of college a capella. One wonders how even the thrill of the bar (it was nice, to be sure), the gratis filet mignon and the reliable applause could keep them singing this stuff for a dozen hours every week. Although the stirring ballad "Loch Lomond" is referred to simply as "Loch...
...also turn out at the polls ? Buchanan could expect to clear the 5 percent hurdle the party needs to hang on to its matching funds in 2004. But, and it's a big but, they have the effect of scaring everybody else away. The Reform party?s best long-term hopes, surely, are with a higher-rent crowd than that (think young, smart, successful and jaded, and you?ve got a constituency with a future). Buchanan?s would-be delegates, however, are already out in force, softening up the beach for when their man finally steps off the boat. Unless...