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Even if Bosnia's division into rough halves seems to be accepted, there is still bitter disagreement over what specific areas will be allotted to each side. The peace plan the U.S. has been putting together suggests, for example, that the Bosnian government trade Gorazde, its sole, isolated enclave in the east, for control over all of the capital city of Sarajevo. The Bosnians insist they will never surrender Gorazde, and the Serbs, for their part, demand both Gorazde and a portion of the capital for their republic...
Reaction to Fried's confirmation was mixed, ranging from bitter disappointment among liberals to relief in the Weld administration...
Charles Fried, Carter professor of general jurisprudence at Harvard Law School, was narrowly confirmed two weeks ago to the highest court in Massachusetts after a bitter four-month battle...
...Both sides remembered, and wanted to avoid repeating, the bitter two-year standoff over the previous contract...
Nearly 200,000 Serb refugees streamed out of the Krajina region in Croatia after the territory was retaken from the Serbs by Croatian forces. As joyous Croats celebrated, bitter Serbs denounced Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, whom they faulted for not coming to their aid. Yugoslav officials, struggling to cope with the huge influx of refugees, announced plans to send thousands of them to Kosovo, a region that is 90% ethnic Albanian and that many fear will be the next Balkan powder...