Pressure to Concede Wrongs Was Enormous
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Even after federal prosecutors labeled the office he once ran as a &quot;racketeering enterprise,&quot; former Gov. John G. Rowland signaled every intention of digging in for a fight.
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The action signaled a major snag in negotiations that had appeared to be heading toward a new contract.
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A flurry of contested memos and memories sheds more heat than light on his record
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PAKISTAN yesterday owned up to being &quot;abject&quot; and mentally overawed as Inzamam-ul-Haq faced searing pressure to justify his long-term appointment as Test captain.
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Italyâs blunder-prone Rocco Buttiglione was under increasing pressure today to spare himself the sack and step down voluntarily from his new job as European Commissioner in charge of civil liberties.
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It took a stern lecture, lots of booing and a bureaucrat's breakdown to get the U.S. to sign on
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The vote by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board came after an unusually vigorous debate.
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Victory has a thousand fathers, which can mean one heck of a custody battle when it comes to taking credit.
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The opposition has set a huge protest to demand the president admit electoral defeat, sparking fears of more violence
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EVEN Margaret Thatcher&#39;s closest friends and admirers have long despaired at her unwillingness to concede that her wayward son and heir can be trouble.
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Evacuation has been a struggle and an ever-changing odyssey for hundreds of thousands
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London Mayor Ken Livingstone faced mounting pressure to apologize for allegedly comparing a Jewish reporter to a concentration camp guard.
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Charles Clarke tried to call a truce in his extraordinary royal row as the Prince of Wales made an unprecedented protocol breach to defend his &quot;old fashioned&quot; views.
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ABC was facing growing pressure from Democrats and aides to former President Bill Clinton.
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An unusually large and unruly public protest against the government of President Vladimir V. Putin ended with more than 100 arrests.
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Squabbling over who served tainted what to whom masks deeper rifts.
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The vote, in an atmosphere of high drama and tension, with thousands of settlers demonstrating outside, was 67 to 45.