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...practically can. Clinton and his aides could see no alternative to Yeltsin who would not be much worse for the causes of free- market democracy in Russia and friendliness between the Kremlin and the White House. The Russian's promise of democracy as the goal of an interim semi-dictatorship gave the Administration a plausible excuse for making its support prompt and public -- though some officials confided that the backing would have been forthcoming, reluctantly, even if Yeltsin had acted more autocratically than...
...role, probably the most complex in the play, and Sandman could easily have played the character as nothing more than an asshole. But he manages to humanize Linus, allowing the audience to actually empathize with a rich, spoiled rock star looking for a way to escape. Sandman provides a semi-serious counterpoint to Fortunato and Sun's comic antics...
NORTH KOREA'S DECLARATION OF A STATE OF "SEMI-war" last Monday seemed like one more propaganda rant, triggered by joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises. A few days later, Pyongyang raised the stakes when it announced that it was pulling out of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. The decision was a response to growing pressure by the International Atomic Energy Agency to force inspection of two secret sites where Western intelligence officials believe evidence of nuclear weapons materials may be located. By withdrawing from the treaty, the Kim Il Sung regime removed the legal basis for the "special inspection" threatened...
Brown gained its spot in the semi-finals by barely edging Yale in their best-of-three series in Providence, R.I. The Bears tied the Elis in the first game, 3-3, and then won the second, 5-3, to advance to the semifinals...
...Wilhelm's (see, never heard of him, have you?) particular brief last Friday was to discuss the importance of youth to the Democratic party. The fax The Crimson received the day before the event described it as a "round table discussion"--pretty grandiose for a spin session between a semi-populist (he's from Ohio and he's not a lawyer) pol and five college reporters. Besides, it was a rectangular table...