Word: austria
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...does, however, increase the risk of a full-scale civil conflict and the possible involvement of countries with national minorities living in Yugoslavia, including Hungary, Bulgaria and Albania. Such an upheaval might also drive thousands of frightened refugees across the borders into Austria and Italy...
...concede that its founder, Eugene Schueller, was an anti- Semitic fascist who hired Correze and other ultra-rightists. But that generation no longer runs L'Oreal. Correze, 80 and ailing, is unlikely to visit the U.S. even if he is never placed on the same watch list that bars Austria's Kurt Waldheim...
...foreign help to rebuild after its debilitating eight-year war with Iraq, which ended in 1988, as well as for long-term, reliable customers for its oil. Last year Iran launched a five-year campaign to attract $27 billion in foreign investment. So far, France, Italy, Germany and Austria, among others, have extended Iran more than $12 billion in credits. The U.S., however, continues to hold $11 billion in frozen Iranian assets and to impose a partial ban on the purchase of Iranian crude oil for sale...
...also discovered that Austria welcomed those who fit in, who could speak the language. Unlike many of her friends at the Vienna International School who spoke English in public, Abu-Ghaida could avoid stares and comments from Austrians because of her command of the language...
...Ghaida had no citizenship until she moved to Austria. Born in Syria, she possessed only a Laisser-Passer, which identified her as a Palestinian living in Syria. When she moved to Vienna, however, she obtained Austrian citizenship...