Word: virtual
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...difficult to assess the enigmatic and contradictory personality of the woman who ruled India for most of two decades, but the roots must lie somewhere in those years of loneliness. Daughter of a champion of democracy, she made herself at one point a virtual dictator. She could be warm and charming but also arrogant and ruthless. She always had a look of sadness. "I like being Prime Minister, yes, but... I am not ambitious," she once said. And on another occasion: "I could have become an interior decorator. I could even have become a dancer...
...same time, the Communist New People's Army has, in recent months, managed to field an estimated 10,000 armed guerrillas in most of the country's 73 provinces. In parts of the southern island of Mindanao, the guerrillas have organized virtual surrogate governments. Earlier this month, Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Armitage told the House Subcommittee for Asian and Pacific Affairs that without reforms, Marcos' regime could be overthrown by the Communists "within less than a decade...
With the race's national implications in mind, both candidates are trying desperately in these last days of the campaign to break out of a virtual dead heat...
...North Carolina, the Senate race in Illinois has alienated many voters. Recent polls reveal that each candidate's unfavorable rating has increased. Polls also show that the race is a virtual toss-up. Most recently, the Chicago Tribune gave Percy a statistically insignificant 42-40 per cent edge, with many voters still undecided. Much will depend on Reagan's election day performance in Illinois; a recent CBS News poll there has the President ahead by 16 points...
...presidential race appears closest a, Brown, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania, where poll results showed a virtual split in preference for the two major candidates...