Word: powers
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...state in many years--and in the primaries the mud was flung against a G.O.P. friend and mentor. But that hard-won post proved too pedestrian for Harris. The job entails overseeing corporate filings, concealed-weapon permits and the state's election procedures. And so in her thousand-dollar power suits, Harris turned the office into a glamorous, globe-trotting Florida p.r. firm that lured business and ballet to the peninsula state...
...week that umbrella is set to close, and Barak must figure out how to hold his government together. He has two choices: cut a deal with the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party or swallow hard and hold hands with Sharon. It will very probably be Sharon's last bid for power--the final attempt of a legendary general to grab his country's highest office. If his sheep are scared, they have reason. Sharon has shown a willingness to sacrifice to get what he wants...
...visited the Temple Mount--Arabs call it Haram al-Sharif--in September, infuriating Palestinians and triggering a new intifadeh. The visit set off speculation: Did Sharon know what would happen in reaction to the visit? Did he plan the trip as a way to begin a push for power? Does the old cowboy feel any remorse about what happened in the violent weeks after his stroll? If he does, he hasn't been showing...
...Likud leader and perhaps to topple Barak. Leading Barak in all the polls, Netanyahu would prefer to see the Prime Minister fall, which would prompt new elections. So Sharon needs to move fast: his ideal play would be to cut a deal with Barak that would lever him into power and keep Netanyahu out of the picture. Sharon would stick around just long enough to establish himself firmly as Israel's conservative leader-in-waiting. Then he'd pull the plug and seek vindication at the polls...
...Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, talked to Sharon each day last week and thinks he can still make a deal. "I'm very happy with what I heard," he says. Sharon was just happy to hear the talking at all. It's the music of a man marching closer to power every day. For the old soldier, halting the march is never an option...