Word: split
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Thus, his signing of the Defense of Marriage Act (or DOMA) was entirely consistent with his career and should have surprised no one. However, Clinton recognized that, irrespective of the merits of the law, it was being passed primarily to give Republican candidates a "wedge" issue with which to split the electorate off from their Democratic opponents...
...fleet of Soviet tanks entered the Hungarian capital and over the next few days destroyed large portions of it. Imre Nagy and several members of his cabinet were tried for treason and eventually executed. Thousands more were imprisoned or killed during those years. Thousands fled the country, leaving behind split families, broken romances, interrupted friendships...
...government department now shares the Littauer Center with the Department of Economics, which has forced both departments to split up in recent years as they have grown...
...technology services are split between their own departments and everyone is battling for their own turfs," he said. "This is a real pain in the butt...
...politics instead of plotting a takeover. Instead of facing a right-wing takeover attempt like the one that briefly imprisoned Mikhail Gorbachev five years ago, Yeltsin must fend off verbal gibes from Lebed. "Its not a country, its a circus," Lebed said Thursday in leaving the government. Lebed's split with Yeltsin has been some time coming; their 11th hour alliance clearly more of an inspired election gambit than a reasoned partnership. Even when the two were allegedly on the same team, the feisty former general called Russia's president a "minus," and managed to alienate nearly every member...