Word: logjam
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...utilized three Dean Durkin field goals to take an 11-6 decision from the undefeated Cornell Big Red. Then the shocker, a late touchdown gave Brown a 24-17 decision over also-undefeated Penn in Providence. And finally, the expected Yale blowout over Columbia, 31-7, produced the logjam at the top of the league standings. Harvard, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn and Yale all lie at 2-1 with four games remaining to be played...
...than 20,000 political exiles. Both sides have now met most of the conditions each had demanded before formal negotiations over a new constitution could begin. Challenged by militant followers who thought Mandela gave away too much for too little, A.N.C. officials said they felt compelled to break the logjam so that discussions could move on to more important issues...
...after dropping out of college, he joined ONRC in the effort to silence chain saws. In 1981 the young activist filed the first administrative appeal in the Northwest against a Forest Service timber sale. By 1988 he was masterminding 220 separate appeals in a single month, creating a legal logjam. The tactic proved so costly to industry that a House committee summoned Kerr to Washington for a special hearing, at which he was attacked by Oregon Representative Bob Smith, among others. Yet by raising his profile and drawing national attention to the issue, the politicians unwittingly played into Kerr...
...last week, under the weight of collapsing hopes and a faltering economy, public approval of the D.L.P. had dropped to 14%. The new political alignment had not cleared the legislative logjam. It seemed to many Koreans that their new leaders were more interested in squabbling over the division of personal power than in dealing with the urgent issues: an economic growth rate that fell 50% last year, a sudden trade deficit, rising rents and widespread strikes...
Although Lehtinen assumed the U.S. Attorney's office in June 1988, the Bush Administration has yet to submit his name for Senate confirmation. Lehtinen blames a Judiciary Committee logjam. The Miami Herald made matters worse by revealing details of Lehtinen's personal life. The paper reported on a deposition from his former wife, who swore that before their 1982 separation he hurled a television set across a room, bashed through doors and shoved her around. The Herald also said Lehtinen sprained the arm of his girlfriend, former legislative aide Dolores Zell, by pushing her to the floor. Lehtinen denies both...