Word: winging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wants Boris Yeltsin's job, a development which may bring the ailing President a sort of grim satisfaction. Its an indication of just how far Russian democracy has progressed that Russian politicos are playing conventional, albeit spirited, electoral politics instead of plotting a takeover. Instead of facing a right-wing takeover attempt like the one that briefly imprisoned Mikhail Gorbachev five years ago, Yeltsin must fend off verbal gibes from Lebed. "Its not a country, its a circus," Lebed said Thursday in leaving the government. Lebed's split with Yeltsin has been some time coming; their 11th hour alliance clearly...
...ultra right-wing believes that the domestic violence bill is anti-family values because it interferes with the hierarchy," she added. "They control the Republican party...
Steinem said that although just one-third of the population is turning to the direction of the ultra right-wing and two-thirds turn towards a more progressive view, "the one-third has been voting more and more and the two-thirds has been voting less and less...
...Republican party is leading a conscious campaign to discourage us from voting...by saying that the political system is distant from your lives, your vote won't matter....The right wing understands that they can't win the majority vote...
...proximity of the tunnel to Al-Haram Al-Sharif, coupled with previous attempts at undermining the Islamic character of the shrine has caused angry responses all around the Arab and Islamic worlds. The opening of the tunnel came unilaterally without prior consultation with the Palestinian Authority; the right-wing mayor of Jerusalem Ehud Olmert proudly declared that "the time has come to show that such a decision would be made without seeking Palestinian permission...