Word: britishism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wait won't be long. Serbian troops jammed the roads leading out of Kosovo late last week, waving their arms and firing guns out of armored vehicles. While the Russians were first into Pristina, the Serbian departure was quickly followed by the arrival of the British and the French, who came early Saturday to begin the work of establishing a NATO foothold. In the Kosovar village of Urosevac, ethnic Albanians showered NATO forces with flowers. One man said it was the first time in 10 weeks that he had emerged from his basement hiding place. The U.S. has pledged...
...exploits of the silly secret agent eventually scored more than $100 million in the U.S., nearly half of that from video sales. Not bad, considering it cost only $18 million to make. Also not bad for a movie that began as an in-joke, Myers' personal tribute to the British goon shows his late father adored and the kooky spy spoofs young Mike watched on TV with his two older brothers. "This is essentially something I thought only people in my house would get," he says. "It should have been a home movie, really...
...start that demilitarizing the KLA would be a problem," says TIME Central Europe reporter Dejan Anastasijevic. "Their goal is to become the sole political authority in Kosovo, which is why they?re moving in so quickly to establish a position of strength from which to negotiate with NATO." Although British troops arrested five KLA members for kidnapping and killing a Serb in Pristina Monday, shooting incidents reportedly continue and KLA units have shown little inclination to hand over their weapons to NATO...
History looks backward, not forward, so there are those for whom the jury is still out. Legions of computer whizzes in Silicon Valley are certain that they're remaking history even as we speak. Maybe they are. Patrick Steptoe, the British doctor who created the first test-tube baby in 1978, has certainly changed the history of thousands of families. And who is to say that one of those test-tube babies will not change history? What new Gavrilo Princip is yet to be born...
...Prince and the twice-married American met in 1931, and within four years, the rest was rapidly becoming history. Their romance shook the British Empire, rocked the Church of England, changed the succession and foretold the dissolution of the power of royalty. He made a radio broadcast, one of the most famous public declarations of love in history: "I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love...