Word: setting
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Still uncertain, however, was whether formal unity would proceed on Oct. 14 apart from parliamentary elections, now set for Dec. 2. Kohl and East German Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere had wanted to hold elections and declare unity the same...
...until yesterday, Kohl had been able to set the pace of unity more or less according to his own plans to ensure continued control for his conservative coalition in the new Germany...
BONN, West Germany--Chancellor Helmut Kohl dropped plans yesterday to advance all-German elections by six weeks, a major political defeat for the leader who until now had set the pace of German unification...
...media frenzy over President Bush's War on Drugs has abated somewhat since The Wimp went on TV and held up a bag of crack bought by federal agents in front of the White House last year. But as we approach the one-year anniversary of the set-up crack buy, we should all take a long hard look at this political and social fiasco. The best approach may be to declare victory and pull out; policy makers should seriously consider decriminalization...
...remember my brother and I lying on our stomachs under a coffee table, our parents on the couch behind us, with all four pairs of eyes glued to the television set...