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  1. pro forma
    in a set manner without serious attention
    Then, with his wife and two sons, he made his way to a blue Jaguar that ushered him to Buckingham Palace, where he offered his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II, a necessary if largely pro forma step in the change of power.
  2. negotiator
    someone who confers with others to reach a settlement
    A morning meeting between a high-level Labour team and negotiators for the Liberal Democrats ended without any announcement of plans to meet again, with some Labour insiders saying the talks had not gone well and that the Brown initiative announced on Monday afternoon was at an end.
  3. precipitating
    bringing on suddenly or abruptly
    Mr. Brown had opened talks with Liberal Democrats on Monday in a last-ditch effort to keep Parliament in Labour’s hands, but those negotiations appeared to fall apart on Tuesday, precipitating his resignation.
  4. coalition
    the union of diverse things into one body or form or group
    LONDON — David Cameron , the Conservative leader, took over as Britain ’s prime minister on Tuesday evening and announced the formation of a coalition government, capping a day of political negotiations that ended with the Tories returning to power after 13 years in the opposition.
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