Word: begun
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...will also continue our efforts to build a stable, undivided Europe. NATO's Partnership for Peace, which Russia has joined, has begun to unite the continent. NATO's steady, gradual enlargement will continue. We will also encourage a strong partnership between Russia and NATO, building on our cooperation in Bosnia. The door to European integration is open to Russia; it must choose not to isolate itself...
...Stalin also produced fearless spokesmen for freedom like Andrei Sakharov. Today, for the first time, democracy is of concern to a large number of people, not just a small group of dissidents. Long used to viewing freedom as a gift to be bestowed from on high, ordinary citizens have begun to make their own decisions, decide their own fates. Many, perhaps most, have found the experience shocking and unpleasant, but many others now hold dear their independence. The events of the past decade have enlarged freedom's circle too much for anyone to close it completely...
...about a campaign by himself or at Dole's side. But now that Dole trails Clinton by a dozen points--last week's TIME/CNN poll showed Dole with 38% of voters, vs. Clinton with 50%--even the eager cadre of Republicans who have been preening for the job have begun to issue declarations of independence, almost as if they don't want the job at all. Last week a confused Dole official hunted for a positive explanation. "It's like they want to prove they're all thumbs so they won't upstage the big guy," he said. That could...
...glowing reviews and warm sales. Babel Tower (Random House; 625 pages; $25.95) is Byatt's first novel since then, and will surely attract the attention of all those enchanted by Possession. It is also likely to provoke some head scratching, since the new novel continues a story begun in two of Byatt's earlier, pre-Possession books...
...paper, but he denies ever biting the dancer while there. The federal prosecutor is a Clinton administration appointee and Dole campaign aides suggested today that the incident could be used in Florida during the election. Over the last month, Dole has repeatedly attacked federal judgeships but recently has begun to attack prosecutors as well, targeting Clinton appointees in Arizona and California. Meanwhile, Coffey's accuser has remained unnamed. The Herald reports the 28-year-old married woman fears what her neighbors might think and quotes her as saying: "Nobody in this neighborhood knows what I do. Nobody knows about this...