Word: governorship
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...debate on an important question of intents and actions. The President of the U.S. has threatened war in Iraq. The North Koreans have announced that they were just kidding about not wanting an atom bomb. Midterm elections tomorrow will decide control of both houses of Congress and the Massachusetts governorship too. Almost every Harvard athletic team is having a good season, and the Crimson Dance Team has been invited to perform at halftime in the Sugar Bowl...
Romney is defending the Republicans’ 12-year hold on the governorship, but he is not the incumbent. He only entered the race this spring, when Acting Gov. Jane M. Swift dropped...
...Zadran wants the governorship of the province (and two others besides) for himself. So, in late April, he started lobbing rockets into Gardez in a campaign that killed 36 civilians. A rival clan in the city returned fire, sending artillery back into Zadran's valley over the heads of U.S. special forces. The Americans were literally caught in the middle...
...Winners ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Movie hero is rumored to be eyeing California governorship. To improve his chances, he'll take speech lessons from Jesse Ventura ALFONSO CUAR?N Mexican director of Y Tu Mam? Tambi?n gets third Potter film. Early changes: Hermione will develop Spanish accent, precocious sexuality SNOOP DOGGY DOGG Rapper inks deal to produce an action figure in his own likeness. Cute, but what child has the patience to braid all those itty-bitty cornrows? Losers ELIZABETH HURLEY Fab femme is edited out of new Austin Powers movie because she's not funny. If that's the criteria-then when...
...long list of enemies. In 1996 he welcomed Osama bin Laden to the region and gave him refuge in the opium-rich area around Jalalabad. Some of Qadir's rivals say he took $10 million to give up Jalalabad to the Taliban. When the Taliban fell, he reclaimed the governorship and, as part of the "new" Afghanistan, helped lead a heavy-handed crackdown on narcotics...