Word: patchwork
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...serious threat to Yugoslavia is likely to be more internal than external. The country is a patchwork of six nationalistic republics-plus two so-called autonomous provinces-that have their own languages, religions and cultures. The Soviets might try to exploit the traditional hostility between the Serbs and the Croats; together they constitute more than 60% of Yugoslavia's 22 million people. Another potential trouble spot is the southern province of Kosovo, the country's poorest region, where friction is developing between Serbs and the rapidly exploding ethnic Albanian population. Two months ago, 50 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo...
...admissions committee, alumni, and the coaches have tried to develop a method in the face of the swelling madness, experiences of Harvard varsity athletes furnish a patchwork of no particular pattern. Crimson soccer forward Mauro K. Sarmiento '82 of Buenos Aires, for instances, one of the squad's leading goal scorers the last two seasons, says he had no idea about what sort of athletic program Harvard offered. "In fact, I wrote to the athletic department after I was accepted and received no response," he adds...
...crisis that shaped the direction of this Congress was the turmoil in Iran. The revolution reduced world oil supplies and led to the gas shortages of early summer. These in turn brought forth a surge of congressional activity on the patchwork quilt of energy bills submitted by President Carter in the spring. But then followed a textbook example of what ails Washington. The Carter energy program, refined in July, still needed work. The White House leadership was uncertain, and as the gas lines shortened, the public began sending out confusing signals about what it wanted done. The lawmakers began...