Word: wings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With his sweeping gull-wing hairdo, bombastic manner and pseudo-reasonable arguments to the world's press, Karadzic is a very recognizable figure. But who is he really? What made the physician turned politician into an enigmatic "ethnic cleanser"? In search of answers, TIME's correspondents spent several weeks interviewing Karadzic's friends and colleagues, tracing his origins and his life before infamy...
...both ways. He favors adding new language to the plank acknowledging that the issue is divisive, and welcoming both pro-life and pro-choice voters. TIME's Michael Duffy says pro-life activists like Pat Buchanan and his allies need not fear. "When abortion is concerned, the Republican right wing will get its way on both the platform and the selection of Dole's running mate." Terence Nelan
...competitive rancor between the heir to the throne and his wife, public acceptance of the monarchy is considerably weaker today than it was even five years ago. While the institution is not in mortal peril, discussion of a republic has become both vigorous and respectable rather than a left-wing fringe topic. The best possible scenario now is a three-act drama: long, long life to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who is exemplary; a brief reign for Charles, who might be as old as 70 or so when he ascends the throne; and then the reign of Wills...
...your report on Montana's Freemen [NATION, June 17], you mentioned that one of the Freemen was influenced by a right-wing group called We the People. This group is not to be confused with the progressive national political organization of the same name founded by former California Governor Jerry Brown. Members of this group, in conjunction with the Green Party, are working in 45 states to place Ralph Nader's name on the ballot for President of the U.S. GEORGE N. LYNE East Coast Coordinator We the People Ellenton, Florida...
...populist, pro-Islamic politician whose party did not field a single female candidate in the last elections; she is a decidedly secular, right-wing former Prime Minister who got her husband to take her surname. Odd couplings are common in politics, but the union of Necmettin Erbakan and Tansu Ciller is especially curious. Last week Erbakan became the head of the first Islamist-majority coalition government in Turkey since Kemal Ataturk declared it a secular state in 1923. In two years' time, Erbakan is due to hand over power to Ciller and her True Path Party. The deal was ratified...