Word: votein
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bowing to legislators' demands a day beforea crucial confidence votein the Duma,Russian President Boris Yeltsinfired three security ministers for bungling their duties in the southern Russia hostage crisis. Yeltsin, whom TIME's Bruce Nelan calls "a very good politician in terms of what looks good to the public," tried what has been widely considered as a political ploy to appease the Duma. "Everyone is assuming this is a very cynical political move, especially since Yeltsin didn't fire (Defense Minister Pavel) Grachev, one of his oldest supporters, as the Duma wished. But Yeltsin also had good reason...
...discuss general topics, such as questionsabout a Harvard-Radcliffe merger, having men votein RUS or just asking for advice," Lewis says."It's very easy to make appointments with her, andwe can go and just ask her questions...
Bush garnered 69 percent of the Republican votein the poll, leaving conservative columnistPatrick J. Buchanan with 17 percent and former KuKlux Klan leader David Duke with one percent...
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