Word: ruling
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...familiar story: The tyrant dictator calls elections thinking they'll legitimize his rule. The people vote him out, so he tries to steal the result. And the masses rise up and toss him in the trash can of history. But then the Ivory Coast story starts to diverge a little from the Yugoslavian one. The capital of the West African nation, Abidjan, was seized by street violence again Thursday despite a popular victory on the streets the previous day, in which General Robert Gueï was forced to flee the country in the face of massive demonstrations just days after...
...rules limit the time for public comment to three minutes for each community member signed up to speak. Three minutes had been the informal standard, but Walser says the committee needed a firm rule that could be applied consistently--especially when many people signed up to speak on a controversial issue...
...whole. For his part, Gore had to forgo his brute-force game and, like a player coached out of a bad backhand but without time to develop a new one, he was left with no swing at all. He agreed with Bush on just about everything, including the Golden Rule, and committed no new anecdotal crimes...
...said, "I also believe in the Golden Rule...
...race, it would take only one elector voting for Ralph Nader or his Aunt Edna to throw the whole thing off. To be sure, since electors are chosen by their parties, they're usually loyal. But only a few states require a pledge from electors. And that rule has never been tested; no elector has ever been prosecuted for breaking his word...