Word: ruling
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...what Slobodan Milosevic tried in Yugoslavia when, to his astonishment, an election went against him. On Sept. 24 Vojislav Kostunica, head of the center-right Democratic Party of Serbia, who had the support of a coalition of 15 opposition parties, seemed to have ended Milosevic's 13-year autocratic rule. But when the votes were counted, the state-run Federal Election Commission reported 48.22% for Kostunica, 40.23% for Milosevic. At Milosevic's strong urging, a runoff was called. The opposition cried fraud, saying Kostunica had won nearly 55% of the vote. On Sept. 25 Kostunica (inset) declared victory. Protest rallies...
...your movie, Sarah Jessica Parker plays an actress who refuses to take her top off, which she refuses to do in real life. Were you able to convince her of how dumb this rule...
...Commentary "Our Imperial Judiciary" [VIEWPOINT, Dec. 4], Charles Krauthammer decried the Florida Supreme Court and all courts for "trampling the prerogatives of elected legislatures and elected governments." While I do not agree with a number of the rulings that the Florida court and the U.S. Supreme Court have made in recent years, I defend their right to make them. We absolutely need a court that will protect individual rights from majority rule and help interpret laws with conflicting provisions. I find that the Florida legislature has enacted laws that allow for manual recounts but do not provide deadlines with enough...
...Males have not, as a rule, joined [this writer's] fan clubs, and this novel suggests a reason: they are seldom the central figures in the author's world...
LEGO MY PHOTO Rule No. 1 of grandparenthood: there's no such thing as too many pictures. Now, for $30, you can render your precious angels or their brilliant artwork in Lego blocks. Submit a digital photo to lego.com/mosaic and Lego will send a brick-by-brick grid, similar to a needlepoint pattern, along with all the black, white and gray pieces you need to build it. A color version is due out next year...