Word: bosnians
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...senior Housemates rose from their chairs and chanted “Peljto, Peljto,” Harvard’s 6’2” Bosnian-born basketball star accepted Mather House’s Von Stade award, presented annually at Mather’s senior dinner...
...leaving them unable to militarily defend towns that were designated as “safe zones.” His failure to clarify this language, even after he was asked to by several commanders, led Dutch peacekeepers in Srebrenica to simply stay inside their barracks, rather than stop the Bosnian Serb military from massacring 7,000 Muslim refugees. Ultimately, the event forced the Dutch prime minister to resign his position in 2002 when a report was released assigning blame to the peacekeepers and the U.N. So why the impunity for Annan...
...Prix de Booby (shared): ?Life Is a Miracle? - an obnoxious romp that trivializes the Bosnian...
...fact that she still carries a Bosnian passport will also help her in the pursuit of an elite team, since most European leagues limit their teams to two Americans per roster...
...Bosnia, Somalia and Rwanda came Kofi Annan, the career international civil servant who had participated in these disasters yet somehow survived and learned from them. When the situation in Bosnia reached its low point in August 1995, Annan, as acting Secretary-General, authorized the NATO bombing of the Bosnian Serbs that paved the road to the Dayton Peace Agreement. That action, more than anything else, convinced American officials, including me, that he was the best possible person to lead...