Word: ulan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Notching yet another prestigious achievement atthe meet, Wriede outperformed Barnes by a singlepoint to earn the Harold Ulan Award for careerscoring champion, which recognizes the senior withthe most cumulative points over four years...
...communists are taking their triumph soberly, for now they must deal with the economic mess. "There is no reason to be happy," said a senior party official in Ulan Bator. "This result gives us a lot of responsibility." Though the communists have also pledged to continue with reforms, they may read the election results as an instruction from the voters to make changes slowly...
Against that backdrop, the gains of Mongolia's revolution seem breathtaking. Prodded by Moscow and local reformers, the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party has gingerly embraced shinechiel (renewal), the local version of perestroika. Last March, Ulan Bator opened its doors to foreign investment after the government approved a law that guarantees unlimited and tax-free repatriation of profits for investors and joint ventures. The results seem promising. The Gobi Cashmere Factory already produces garments for Japanese and European markets, and Japanese, European and U.S. traders are talking about joint ventures...
...vogue: a nearly completed joint-venture hotel is named after Genghis Khan, and his visage adorns the label of a local vodka that is bottled / for export. An elaborate memorial to the warrior will soon be constructed in the capital. Meanwhile, the last of the Stalin statues in Ulan Bator has been dismantled...
...Communists, who have ruled for 69 years, enjoy access to state money, media and organizational apparatus. To offset those advantages, six opposition parties and groups have agreed to field common candidates in the elections. Even if Mongolia's first democratic exercise is fair, local and foreign observers in Ulan Bator predict that the Communists will win by a comfortable margin. Still, it would seem that the days of absolute rule are over...