A resignation would force a special election that would be seen as a barometer of party strength in East Texas, where Republicans have been making inroads on what has been a Democratic stronghold.
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For art writers, critics and curators, next year will be the time to catch up with the lack of scholarship on Indonesian art, and simultaneously make inroads on the art thieves and forgers.
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American automakers are building more-dependable cars, toppling some of Europe's most-vaunted names and making inroads on long-standing leaders from Japan, according to a study released Tuesday by J . D . Power and Associates.
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In his first year in office, Barak has successfully withdrawn Israeli troops from Lebanon, but he has failed to make inroads on his ambitious agenda to seal peace deals with Syria and the Palestinians.
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The genius of cable programmers, and in particular Geraldine Laybourne, former Nickelodeon president, was to see that they could use these shows to make inroads on mainstream TV _ which is now playing catch-up.
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CHRYSLER-OUTLOOK ( Detroit )-- The rebates and incentives announced by General Motors and Ford Motor this week serve only to highlight a disturbing deterioration in their business : Chrysler is making inroads on the Big Two.
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Hoping to make inroads on a traditionally Republican issue, Al Gore plans to propose expanded drug treatment programs for convicted felons and continued federal funding of a program to put police officers on the nation's streets.
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But even as researchers at Joslin _ which is celebrating its centennial as America's first diabetes center _ and elsewhere are making inroads on this and other fronts, more and more Americans are being stricken with diabetes.
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After enjoying its first successes in comedy last season with the high-rated " Reba " and the critically lauded " JKX : The Jamie Kennedy Experiment, " the network will attempt to make inroads on Thursdays with comedy.
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The ports in the northern provinces had only a regional importance, though Amsterdam had already built up a preponderant position in the Baltic trade, after making inroads on the monopoly of the Hanseatic League in the late-15th century.
