Word: accordingly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Bush, who had invested much of his political capital to promote the deal reached after contentious negotiations with congressional leaders, the fiasco was the worst setback of his presidency. For the congressional hierarchies of both parties, which had pledged to deliver majorities of their followers in support of the accord, it was a humiliating reminder of their powerlessness. For the frustrated voters who have watched for months as their elected representatives dithered and delayed real action on the nation's most harrowing domestic problem, it was further proof that shortsighted political self-interest is the strongest and most destructive force...
...breakthrough occurred at a White House breakfast for Democratic leaders on June 26. House Speaker Tom Foley urged Bush to make a short statement that "tax increases" would be a part of any budget accord. When Bush asked Foley to suggest such a statement, one observer said, "a lot of jaws in that room dropped." Foley dictated a version off the top of his head. Darman said it would take only a few minutes to draft, and began writing. He showed the draft to Sununu, who passed it to Foley. After a few changes, Bush looked it over, called...
...addition, two major developments of the 1970s--the 1973 OPEC embargo and the 1978 Camp David accord--paved the way for the recent crisis by shifting the bulk of power in the region away from Egypt to less developed states in the Persian Gulf region, Alnawrawi said...
...removal of Egypt as the leading economic, political, and cultural power in the Arab world as a result of the Camp David accord created a political vacuum which allowed Saddam Hussein to come to power," Alnawrawi said...
...imminent shift of the national capital from Bonn in the West to Berlin in the East only underscores the insecurity that many felt when Germany signed a non-aggression accord with the Soviet Union this summer. To these people, the best way to deal with Germany is to integrate it into the rest of the continent as rapidly and in as many ways as possible...