Word: gridlock
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...have a deal," the President told aides. "I'll walk him to his car and give a thumbs-up if I have to." He didn't have to. Instead he marched Norwood in front of the cameras to make an announcement. There was so much hype about busting gridlock, you'd think Bush had been tussling with a Democrat...
...federal parliaments to protest the cabinet's override of the Constitutional Court's decision. The Yugoslav Prime Minister Zoran Zizic and his Montenegrin Socialist People's Party also bolted, stripping the coalition of both its federal governing partner and its majority in the federal parliament. The likely political gridlock could hasten Montenegro's split from Yugoslavia and will hamper efforts to rebuild a devastated economy. A recent World Bank report found that owing to chronic mismanagement, rampant corruption and the burdens of constantly financing wars, Yugoslavia's per capita gdp is just half the size...
...climate, George W. Bush may be itching for some old- fashioned deal-making back home, where he's already scored triumphs on education and taxes. But then again, he may want to linger in the departure lounge. Waiting for him is one of the most frustrating and gridlock-producing pieces of legislation to bind up Washington in recent years, which Democrats will force Bush to take up this week: the patients' bill of rights...
...TIME/CNN poll suggests he may be right: 45% of those polled believe the country will be better off with the Senate in Democratic hands, while 36% prefer Republican control, and 19% aren't sure. But this balancing act may also be a formula for gridlock, with each side able to block the other but neither able to push its priorities. If no one budges, "we're all losers," Daschle said...
...what is called a crisis in America these days--expensive gasoline--which is one of the reasons I don't know where I am any- more, because I thought that a crisis meant the AIDS pandemic in Africa or the state of public education here, or the justice-system gridlock. Anybody recognize this place...