Word: fears
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...duties without which the situation won't be stabilized." A year after NATO's military victory, violence between Kosovar Albanians and Serbs has not been eliminated, and a violent turf war among leaders of the former KLA guerrilla movement is claiming a growing number of victims. "Never mind the fear that Milosevic would come back in; if the U.S. leaves the Albanians would eat each other for lunch," says Calabresi. "Realistically, the U.S. troops are going to be in Kosovo forever unless someone starts doing something serious about nation-building there...
...Leone may undermine the larger objective of ending that unhappy country's malaise. Even as the U.N. military commander on the ground was reportedly planning an offensive into the rebel heartland Tuesday, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's envoy in Freetown urged restraint in counterattacks against the rebels for fear of endangering the hostages. Liberia's President Charles Taylor, a longtime ally and patron of the Revolutionary United Front rebels, had over the weekend secured the release of some 139 peacekeepers after being urged to intercede by the U.N. But Taylor, himself a notorious warlord whose country has been...
Back in January, the New York Times had editorialized that "there is little economic reason to fear the merger" as long as the parties kept their systems open. Last Friday, the paper saw fresh reason for concern: by "overriding the information and entertainment needs of millions of customers," the Times said, "Time Warner virtually compelled federal regulators to take a more searching look" at the merger...
Your report on the "new radicals" who demonstrated in Washington opened my mind to the issue of globalization. Isn't it ironic how we fear globalization and yet support the growth of the Internet, which is resulting in the oneness of the human race? Globalization involves big responsibilities. Our world is becoming a smaller place in which to live, and we must keep our minds open to change while maintaining our heritage and culture. Globalization will eventually come, and there's no way to stop it. We have to prepare ourselves now or be left behind. MARY ABIGAIL C. TANBONLIONG...
Because of the '60s, I suspect (Woodstock, the moratorium marches, rock concerts), Americans have come to lose their fear of people assembled in mobs. In fact, Baby Boomers (a demographic mob themselves) like manifestations of this kind, like to see all those lighted matches winking and flickering. But during most of civilized history, crowds have been considered mindless, dangerous animals, easily manipulated by demagogues. I remember driving through northern Alabama in the middle of the night with George Wallace Jr. ("Little George"), who told me, in tones of fear and awe, how he had, as a child, watched his father...