Word: verbally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vigorously for the post of the presidency of the Russian federation. Gorbachev lobbied personally on behalf of the federation's current Prime Minister, Alexander Vlasov, and accused Yeltsin of favoring a "collapse" of the Soviet Union. But at the end of the week, Vlasov withdrew his candidacy after a verbal drubbing from speakers at the Russian Congress of People's Deputies. The only serious remaining rival to Yeltsin was Ivan Polozkov, the conservative party boss from Krasnodar who has made no secret of his support for another Gorbachev rival, Yegor Ligachev...
...have verbal affirmation...that they will do everything possible to make sure cities and towns have it in hand no later than the first week of July," Keverian said...
...history of trade relations between the U.S. and the European Community is a long chronicle of pots calling kettles black. Each side regularly accuses the other of protectionist practices. Occasionally, the verbal sniping erupts into action. Over the years, limited trade wars have been waged over such items as beef, chickens, citrus products, soybeans and even pasta. The set- piece battles may have rattled the media but did no lasting damage to the landscape...
...question of what constitutes "hate speech." The right to be hateful does not take precedent over the right to be free of harassment, and the Ad Board's response has left minority students of all groups uncertain about how much support the University will give us in cases of verbal harassment...
However, the most exciting part of the finals was the verbal battle of the coxswains while the Crimson rowers pulled away in their typical fashion. At the 600-meter mark, with the Crimson in the lead by two seats, the UCLA coxswain tried to tell his crew that Harvard was not moving. Harvard coxswain Travis "Napo" Metz responded to UCLA's taunt with a hearty shout...