Word: borderers
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...state of Massachusetts is not Boston University. Silber could not (even if, and that's a big if, he wanted to) abolish individual rights by decree. His critics hysterical assertions are essentially red herrings; they border on the moot simply because such a parade of horribles cannot be implemented by any governor. Rather than slavishly follow the media's largely irresponsible soundbite fixations, the citizens of the Commonwealth should see in Silber the administrative ability, intelligence, courage and leadership of which Massachusetts is in such dire need...
...mission to rescue one of South America's most primitive peoples. Swooping over the jungle canopy in helicopters and small planes, 80 Brazilian troops and government officials have spent the past three weeks dynamiting airstrips used by thousands of garimpeiros, or prospectors. Lured to the Brazil-Venezuela border by one of the world's richest deposits of gold, the garimpeiros have not only damaged a precious patch of rain forest but have also threatened the survival of the Yanomami, the Amazon's largest Stone Age tribe...
...Jordan's exports go, could cost up to $4 billion in lost revenues this year. Tourists, who brought in more than $500 million last year, have virtually disappeared. The sanctions have idled the once thriving port of Aqaba, and shipments of fruits and vegetables are rotting at the border. Deprived of access to foreign markets, Jordan's agricultural and industrial sectors are beginning to atrophy. While food bins in Amman remain full, the possibility of shortages looms closer each...
...Saddam just withdraw from Kuwait, allow the restoration of the former government and then negotiate a solution to his specific border disputes...
...back to square one before the invasion? There was never a defined border; otherwise we wouldn't have had this problem in the first place. Somehow there has to be an understanding of where we end up. Also, as long as there is a threat of possible military action against Iraq by a strong hostile force, this is holding up the question of releasing what the Iraqis call guests and the rest of the world calls hostages. As long as there is a question of whether ((others seek)) the destruction of Iraq, this is the reason why the Iraqis...