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...international community called for the preservation of "territorial integrity" warned separatists that a violent breakaway would receive neither economic nor political support. The U.S. and the E.C. feared that instability in Yugoslavia might ignite secessionist-minded forces throughout Eastern Europe. But that position was undermined by the army's harsh response, which sparked calls for Western officials to uphold such fundamental values as the right to self- determination and freedom...
...nation's artistic institutions, change and the onset of Western-style competition have caused severe difficulties. The Bolshoi, among others, has seen its state subsidies go way down; at the same time, expenses have gone up, and the company's conservative and inefficient practices have been placed in a harsh new light. Moreover, many of the U.S.S.R.'s brightest young singers, now free to seek opportunities wherever they like, have chosen to sing mainly in the West. "Our problems here are very much the same ones this country faces today," says Bolshoi general director Vladimir Kokonin. "The country aspires...
There was some irony in this clash of judicial views. Rehnquist was appointed to the court by Richard Nixon and promoted to Chief Justice by Ronald Reagan, both harsh critics of activist judges. As a civil rights attorney, Marshall won landmark rulings that overturned long-standing precedents upholding legal segregation. Now Rehnquist and his like-minded colleagues seemed bent on pursuing an aggressive conservative agenda, while Marshall was fighting to uphold the decisions of the past...
...suspend claims to sovereignty. But the arrangement seems tenuous at best. The Slovenian government stated that it had agreed only to hold off for three months on further steps toward independence. Said Slovenian foreign minister Dimitrij Rupel: "What we've done, we shall keep." After the army issued another harsh threat of "decisive military action," the Slovenian parliament voted to affirm its independence stand...
...B.J.P. uses the Ayodhya issue to stir Hindu anger, but Advani is always careful to stress that he does not advocate violence against Muslims or harsh treatment of any minorities if the B.J.P. comes to power. What the B.J.P. advocates officially seems mild -- an end to Muslim personal law in civil matters and restrictions on religious schools for all minorities. But in practice, B.J.P. workers are full of hatred for Muslims and regularly provoke violent confrontations. Says Qari Moinuddin, a Muslim politician in Jaipur: "They meet you on the street and say, 'Long Live Rama...