Word: yugoslavia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...second time in four months, demonstrators in Yugoslavia have toppled regional leaders. After two days of giant street protests by as many as 100,000 workers and students in the city of Titograd last week, the entire state and Communist Party leadership of the Republic of Montenegro tendered its resignation. The people responded by dancing in the streets, chanting, "Montenegro has risen" and "Down with armchair politicians...
...cockpit ease. "That was too goddam close," said Thetford. Later we learned just how lucky we were. Shortly before our arrival, a Soviet transport plane carrying relief workers to Leninakan, some 60 miles north of Yerevan, crashed. All 78 people aboard perished. A second aircraft, with medical equipment from Yugoslavia, went down as it approached Yerevan, killing the crew...
...fill of the light and the lean may be ready for the solid fare of the Balkans. The Balkan Cookbook by Radojko Mrljes (Hippocrene; $24.95) is aglow with the juicy, garlic-perfumed grilled meats, winter-warm soups and aromatic oregano- and onion-flavored stews. From Greece, Turkey, Rumania, Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria come such delights as baked corn bread with pungent Serbian cheese, seductively oily stuffed vegetable dolmas and appetizers enriched with the region's classic mixture of dill, cucumber and yogurt...
Arafat's supporters hailed the moves as a historic compromise with their enemy. Certainly the actions represented a victory for Palestinian moderates. Starting with Algeria, more than 30 countries, including Turkey, Yugoslavia and numerous Arab and nonaligned nations, quickly recognized the self-declared state; as many as 130 are expected to do so. The Soviet Union recognized Arafat's proclamation but did not immediately extend full diplomatic relations. In the occupied territories, the Israeli army clamped on curfews to prevent violent outbursts or jubilant displays. Though shopkeepers in Arab East Jerusalem passed out chocolates and local residents exchanged greetings...
...Observed Kosta Cavoski, a Belgrade lawyer and political analyst: "Milosevic is riding a tiger. If he backs down on his demands, he will be regarded as a traitor by his strongest supporters. But if he continues to incite mass protests, he will be challenging the entire political order in Yugoslavia." Though chased off this time, the tiger remains on the prowl...