Word: breakaway
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...Russia's celebration of the 50th anniversary of V-E day and the latest superpower summit with Bill Clinton, Yeltsin came with a great deal to say, as well he might. He had just declared a holiday cease-fire-rejected by the rebels-in Russia's war with the breakaway region of Chechnya. At home his political popularity is at an all-time low-thanks to the continuing economic crisis and a growing crime rate-and powerful forces are mobilizing that could threaten Yeltsin's prospects for the presidential election next year. Beyond all that, there are the issues standing...
...have accused Mandela of bending too far to assuage white anxieties at the expense of black aspirations. The queen of these populist detractors is Mandela's estranged wife Winnie. When Mandela fired her from a Cabinet post for criticizing the government, there was fear that she might incite a breakaway movement within the A.N.C. In fact, the incident rallied party stalwarts around the President. Winnie found herself with no one willing to defend...
...Capitals scored on their 27th shot against Wendell Young at 10:12 of the third. Bondra beat him on a breakaway for his 23rd goal...
...next three tallies were off the stick of Harrington. Numbers one and two came from free positions, and the third resulted from a breakaway in which Harrington simply cut right through the Crimson defense...
...experience won out over precociousness, when at 28 seconds into the third extra session, Maine's Dan Shermerhorn beat Turco on a semi-breakaway off a face-off, ending Michigan's season and propelling the weary Black Bears to the finals for a chance at their second title in three years...