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...Games came from an atlas of names -- Ryuichi Sakamoto, Angelo Badalamenti (of Twin Peaks fame), Andrew Lloyd Webber; Placido Domingo was followed by a sea of "living sculptures" designed by a man from the West Indies. And some of the grandest cheers of all came as the unfamiliar Lithuanian flag hung over costumes fashioned by Issey Miyake...
...Daly's updated nightmare, the Butch Lee role is played by Lithuanian Sarunas Marciulionis, an N.B.A. star who plays for the Golden State Warriors. Daly sees Marciulionis sinking three-pointers like an automaton from 30 ft., with Lithuanian center Arvidas Sarbonis playing for one night like Bill Russell in his prime...
...Lithuanian Landscapes: Glimpses of a Struggling Nation--with Ed.D. candidate Carol Sperry. In Read House at the Graduate School of Education at noon...
...cots, their black berets hanging from posts at their feet. They call each other by nicknames drawn from American action and horror movies: Rambo, Ninja, Krueger. Lieut. Vitali Belkin, commander of one of the five squads that make up the 150-strong unit, says the struggle with the Lithuanian government has already passed the point of compromise. "I don't doubt there will be bloodshed," he says. "Civil war is inevitable...
After a winter of violent confrontation, the atmosphere had begun to calm as spring turned into summer. Then, on July 31, eight Lithuanians manning a customs post on the border with Belorussia were shot in the head. Seven died; the eighth is still fighting for his life in a hospital. The Lithuanian government immediately blamed the Black Berets, who have been accused of attacking and burning down more than 20 Baltic customs posts this year. In a law passed last March, the Soviet parliament banned the establishment of independent border posts, making them convenient targets in OMON's campaign...