Word: commit
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Despite a two-to-one advantage in the electorate, however, Kostunica's victory is far from certain. Milosevic is preparing to commit fraud on a level never seen before. Electoral committees are state-controlled and DOS can do little to ensure the legitimacy of the election process. The regime will eliminate the opposition supporters from the lists of eligible voters while allowing its supporters to vote under several names. Employees of state-run enterprises will receive pre-filled voting slips in advance. As if that was not enough, Milosevic is ready to openly steal the votes of the Kosovo Albanians...
...minds on this issue. As the last of about six liberals in the United States (and, yes, we're all in the media), I continue to assert that there is no reliable evidence proving that entertainment impels kids to commit violence. If that melancholy proposal were true, violent crime would be rampant in Japan and Hong Kong, where the most violent films are produced (Japan also makes, in great quantities, violent cartoons and gaudily sexy films); yet both places have low juvenile crime rates. One would thus have to argue that American children are more susceptible to violent entertainment - that...
...Resources are the most immediate obstacle to improved peacekeeping. The U.N. has none of its own, and relies on member states to contribute troops for peacekeeping missions. But even the organization's current peacekeeping commitments exceed the available resources, and member states are reluctant to commit more of their forces. The best military resources are in Western countries whose governments find it politically difficult to risk the lives of their troops in remote conflicts in Africa and elsewhere. That means the U.N. missions often have to make do with military units that aren't quite up to the challenge...
...comes from a former Aryan Nations security guard. In sworn testimony, Floyd Cochran admits that guards regularly operated off-premises because Butler "never told us not to." Moreover, Dees says, Butler's compound has long been a haven for ex-cons, a training ground for violence-prone men to commit crimes against "Aryan enemies...
...just sitting down with Gore and establishing a time and place. I'm not saying Gore is necessarily right to attack Bush's reticence, but that's not really the point - politically, Gore has scored a few points here: The public has focused on Bush's refusal to commit, and that's only helping to solidify Gore's image as the so-called adult in this race. If Gore can keep the debate pressure on without sounding like a nag, he's bound to rack up a few points...