Word: america
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what perception of the conflict is television bringing back to the living rooms of America this time? There is an emerging consensus that the TV pictures thus far have helped the NATO cause. The reason is simple: The one set of images that has been able to come out of the war unimpeded has been those of the refugees escaping out of Kosovo. The agony, the desperation and the tragedy etched on the faces of the victims have helped give a moral imperative to the NATO action...
...someone realizing that their life is somehow limited. It's like waking up one morning and saying, is this the life I dreamt I would have? I think it's a moment everyone goes through. And that's exactly what was happening with the country at that time. America decided after World War II that this is the way life is, this is what our identity is, this is what comprises life and this is what makes life meaningful. All these icons were set up, and then in the '60s, there was a real dark side to that, and people...
Gomez won't be playing the small-venue circuit much longer. Barring injury or break up (risks to all new bands), this group is headed for greater things. Limited exposure in America has been an issue, but the music of Floyd, the Dead and other such bands enjoyed the same sort of beginning--word of mouth, not heavy ad campaigns--just the way they like...
...have a national interest in Kosovo,"Grossman countered. "America stands for something.There are big multinational corporations in Russiaand other countries that the IMF bails out, and wegive [the IMF] a lot of money. But when it's avicious tyrant going willy-nilly on the people ofSerbia, why don't we care...
...soil for fear of upsetting its delicate ethnic balance. The country is continually pressing the allies to ferry them elsewhere, which the allies have so far done, flying several thousand to places as disparate as Albania, Turkey, Norway and Germany. None will be coming to U.S. terrritory, however. "America's offer of Guantanamo Bay was turned down by refugee groups," says Branegan, "because it was too far away and seemed like a prison...