Word: woo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Woo then asked the 25-person meeting what thehouse should do in light of the fact theco-sponsorship would not work and that cableinstallation was more expensive than previouslythought...
...methods by which Moscow seeks to woo back the near abroad republics can be crude, often mustered under the broad banner of protecting ethnic Russians. In some cases the tool is brute military force of the sort used in December 1992 when Russian-manned planes from Uzbekistan helped bring down a government of Tajikistan composed of Islamic and democratic groups, and installed pro- communist rulers. In other regions, Russia prefers to flex its muscles by yanking the economic rug out from under a government -- as it did last week when Moscow began cutting off gas supplies to Belarus, Moldova...
...Seems a bit too reminiscent of a scene from A Better Tomorrow. John Woo is out. The mid eighties...
...music industry, the New York rocker/druggie lifestyle, California politics... On the first single, "Cut Your Hair," he criticizes the music industry (as Nirvana did with their "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter") just as he offers up exactly the sort of pop gem that keeps it alive. Between insanely catchy "Woo woo woo woo ooh oohs" at the beginning of each verse, he sings lyrics like "Songs mean a lot/When songs are bought/And so are you..." In the gorgeous retro-sounding "Range Life" (I'm telling you, it could be off of Highway 61 Revisted), he takes some shots at bands...
...other constitutional question relates to the house constitution's stipulation that the president win a majority of the votes. While Woo and Velayos were the top two vote getters, neither won a majority in the election...