Word: treads
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...past civil disobedience has been used to protest government policies that tread on the most basic civil and political rights. In this case, the protesters used a coercive method to get wage negotiators to make concessions during a collective bargaining process. As with the sit-in last spring—although this event was not on nearly the same scale—there continues to be a disconnect between the magnitude of the issues at hand and the tactics that PSLM and the union employ...
Nonetheless, constitutional change would be virtually impossible to get through the factionalized parliament. The reformers want early parliamentary elections. But parliamentary elections are dangerous in unstable Georgia, where intimidation and ballot stuffing are common. The reformers must tread a difficult path between appealing to popular frustration and polarizing the debate...
...make his way down to the one in the healthclub. Little gets in the way of the fitness obsessed president's workouts which he and his aides credit with helping him stay measured through the crisis. To ward off jet lag from the trip, Bush had hopped on the tread mill aboard Air Force One on the way over and sprinted at a brisk 400 miles an hour while he flew over the Pacific Ocean. By the time Bush huddled with aides to discuss what he would say to reporters, he made it clear he didn't need tutoring...
...this out of the way first: It's a very un-American idea. By that I mean, it goes against our grain. Don't tread on me. Give me liberty or give me death. Or that bumper sticker you sometimes see out West, 'I love my country, but I fear my government...
...represent no more than 12 percent of the Muslim population, Indonesia's radical Islamists are actively recruiting young men for training for jihad. President Megawati Sukarnoputri has plenty of political enemies among the mainstream Muslim parties that tried to keep her out of power, which leaves her having to tread warily while the campaign in Afghanistan continues...