Word: ruling
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...mercy rule was invoked in the sixth inning when Harvard failed to score after Southwest Missouri State (16-16) erupted for five runs in the top half of the inning...
...seven-minute phenomenon (more people who insist on living within their own time zones) succeed only in speaking to empty seats and causing embarrassment to those students who are actually in sync with the rhythms of their school. And because most Harvard students seem to be naturally late, the rule extends on principle to any and all extracurricular meetings, productions, events...
...President, Putin will be discreetly ruthless in his dealings with opposition-minded political heavyweights. Finally, expect him to continue his rock-hard line on Chechnya. The breakaway republic's warlords do not just want independence, he believes. They want to demolish the Russian Federation. Putin speaks of direct rule over the republic and threatens to "destroy" anyone who takes up arms against Russian rule...
...main act of his rule so far, the war in Chechnya, has shown that he is a ruthless practitioner of power. That is the self-evident message of the vicious war. Having put his hand to what he calls "my mission, my historic mission... to sort out the situation in the North Caucasus," Putin has not flinched under mounting casualties or criticism. Says a British Foreign Office analyst: "He's a hard-nosed, unsentimental individual who takes very, very tough decisions and pursues them with complete ruthlessness...
LOYAL HABITS: LEARNING TO RULE...