Word: handing
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...public input, party officials selected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) officer Yoshiro Mori to replace former prime minister Keizo Obuchi, who suffered a stroke. In back-room negotiations based mostly on who would most obediently and loyally serve the LDP's interests, Mori emerged with the coveted title in hand. Unfortunately, his selection embodied the flawed modus operandi of the LDP and the Japanese political system in general...
...because Allison cannot legally practice law in India. They rely on e-mail to keep in touch day to day, and they vacation together several times a year. In the intervals, Prouty finds that work is the best antidote for his loneliness, and India is the beneficiary. With one hand on the pulse of the country's tech industry and the other flipping through a Rolodex of global resources, Prouty is helping import the vibrancy of Silicon Valley to southern India...
More important, Castro noted that for Juan Miguel to go to the U.S., he still needs an assurance that his uncle Lazaro Gonzalez, who has custody of Elian in Miami, will hand the boy over during a "transition period" in Washington. Then, should Miami lawyers lose their last-ditch bid in federal appeals courts next month to keep Elian in the U.S., Juan Miguel could fly back to Cuba with...
...tough to the exiles, hoping to stop their bid to return to state family court--where elected judges have shown in this case that they can be manipulated by Miami's political leadership. Reno demanded that Lazaro agree to speeded-up federal court appeals--and sign a pledge to hand over the boy should he lose them--or risk having the Justice Department immediately revoke his temporary custody of Elian...
Despite the fact that Pavlovsky prefers to keep to the shadows, insiders claim to discern his hand in much of Russian politics--the creation of Unity, for example. And it was never so clear as in the highly controversial destruction of Unity's main rival, a party called Fatherland-All Russia, during the campaign for the Duma last fall. When former Prime Minister Primakov, the most popular politician in Russia, and Moscow's pathologically ambitious Mayor Luzhkov joined forces to form Fatherland, their victory--first in Duma elections and then the presidential race--seemed inevitable. Within a couple of months...