Word: turmoils
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Liberal Party, went on to win the election by a bare 2.2% margin over the Conservative Party's Andres Pastrana. The day after the vote, three audiotapes containing the Giraldo-Rodriguez conversations surfaced in Bogota, casting doubt on the legitimacy of Samper's victory and throwing Colombia into political turmoil. "If it is proved that the President-elect's campaign received drug-trafficking money," said Pastrana, "he should resign because his mandate would be invalid...
...hand forced by a looming no-confidence vote he was nearly certain to lose, Japanese Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata announced his resignation just two months after he took office. Reflecting recent political turmoil, Hata's successor will be Japan's seventh PM since...
...argument for invasion is simple: all other alternatives have not worked. Haiti's internal turmoil is a legitimate U.S. interest because it sends thousands of unwanted refugees to American shores. Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a democratically elected President owed support in the hemisphere. Yet why should America be willing to put its soldiers' lives on the line to save Haiti? If the U.S. can negotiate with North Korea, why can it not do the same with the unsavory Haitian regime? If the refugees can be filtered through Jamaica, why should the U.S. worry about reforming the society from which they...
With Boston Globe columnist David L. Warsh '66openly speculating about the turmoil at Harvardthe University attempted to acknowledge the publicrelations disaster and move on to other subjects...
...memorable attempt to de emphasize thevacancies, Corlette compared the situation inMasachusetts Hall to the constant turmoil andturnover in leadership during some periods inFrench history. There was no need to worry aboutchanges at the top because Harvard, like France,has strong middle-level bureaucrats running theUniversity from below...