Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Most fundamentally, the cold war would never have ended if Gorbachev had not moved the Soviet Union away from totalitarianism, and Moscow's progress toward full acceptance into the world community of nations would be difficult if not impossible to sustain if it reverted to strong-arm rule...
...away from a 500-Day Plan for radical economic reform that had been worked out with Russian republic leader Boris Yeltsin, his chief domestic rival. When Gorbachev substituted a watered-down plan, Yeltsin rejected it with contempt. Though Gorbachev talked the Supreme Soviet into giving him the power to rule virtually by decree, the republics declared many of his decrees null and void, leading to what both sides rightly called an intolerable "war of laws...
...treaty of union, asserted that he would submit it to a popular referendum within each republic; the Baltic republics promptly declared that they would not let such a referendum be held on their turf. Most ominous, Gorbachev announced that he might introduce a "state of emergency or presidential rule" in areas where the "situation becomes especially tense and there is a serious threat to the state and to people's well-being." That might have been the trigger for Shevardnadze's resignation. One of the first targets could be his home republic of Georgia, where ethnic animosities are boiling high...
...taxes at 1% of assessed value, depleted county treasuries, leaving the state to pick up the bills for things like schools and welfare services. Now California faces a $1.5 billion budget gap that is expected to swell to $6.5 billion by 1994. Incoming Governor Pete Wilson is refusing to rule out the possibility of higher taxes. But he also wants more freedom from constraints imposed by the state constitution and voter initiatives and laws that earmark much of the budget in advance for such purposes as education...
Family values were smirkily skewered on the small screen, as Father No Longer Knew Best. Dysfunctional families were the rule, and the home was no longer a haven in a heartless world. In a Thursday-night video showdown, it was irony (The Simpsons) vs. earnestness (The Cosby Show), and irony took a bite out of earnestness...