Word: ruling
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...future won over the past, and hope overcame fear in Taiwan Saturday as voters chose opposition candidate Chen Shui-bian as their next President--despite warnings from Beijing that his election could mean war. Chen's win, which ended 55 years of Kuomintang (Nationalist Party) rule on the island, sent tremors around Asia in anticipation of Beijing's reaction, even as the streets of Taipei turned into a party. Only 14 years ago, Chen, a pro-democracy lawyer, had been languishing in jail on charges of libeling a high-ranking KMT member. "This is the greatest victory of Taiwan...
...always going to be a close race. But because of a Taiwanese rule that prohibits polling a full week before an election, no one could firmly predict how the voting would turn out. When unofficial polls showed Chen nudging ahead, Beijing added to the uncertainty by trying to browbeat the electorate into voting against him. But when all the ballots were counted, Chen had notched just over 39% of the votes. His closest rival, the independent candidate James Soong, had nearly 37%, while the KMT candidate, Vice President Lien Chan, slumped with a 23% showing...
Fundamental facts have been ignored in these coercive attempts. After decades of anti-communist rhetoric in Taiwan and obvious differences in general standards of living (not to mention modes of government), life under communist rule does not appeal to residents of the island. Although many of the democratic liberties currently enjoyed by Taiwanese have appeared only in the past decade, they will not willingly risk surrendering any of the privileges and rights they now possess...
...also claims that this inconsistency is unconstitutional under the "home rule amendment" of the state constitution which states that local laws may not conflict with the state constitution or state laws...
Fellows may not be expected to produce anything specific while at the society, but it's an unwritten rule that they will go on to academic super-stardom...