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...Orchestra and sung with the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus and the Glee Club. One of his favorite activities this year was learning Indian film songs for his Hindu class. And he fondly recalls the spring that he sang Elvis songs with a bunch of Hungarians in a karaoke bar in Budapest. Of course, he was in Budapest for a math program...
When the huge Evita production company blew into Budapest last month to rent its ancient architecture, Madonna, the film's star, was much too busy staying in character to meet with the local press. Finally, on the eve of her departure, good manners prevailed, and the pop diva submitted to an interview with the Budapest newspaper Blikk. The questions were posed in Hungarian, then translated into English for Madonna, whose replies were then translated back into Hungarian for the paper's exclusive. Shortly thereafter, at the request of USA Today, Madonna's comments were then retranslated from Hungarian back into...
Blikk: Madonna, Budapest says hello with arms that are spread-eagled. Did you have a visit here that was agreeable? Are you in good odor? You are the biggest fan of our young people who hear your musical productions and like to move their bodies in response...
RICHARD HOLBROOKE WAS IN BUDApest last Thursday when he received Secretary of State Warren Christopher's call informing him that he would be returning to Bosnia. After serving as the primary architect of the Dayton peace plan, Holbrooke might be forgiven if he thought his business in the Balkans was finished (he's rumored to be leaving the State Department and returning to Wall Street later this month). But the arrangement was beginning to unravel, and the man who had knit it together in the first place was being summoned to perform some quick-stitch diplomacy...
...hands full, with tensions between Serbs and Muslims escalating rapidly. The Serb army refuses to conduct high level talks with NATO officers while Bosnian Muslims detain Serb officers. "We will not tolerate the kind of threats coming out of the Bosnian Serbs," Holbrooke told reporters at a stop in Budapest, Hungary. Violence is growing in Sarajevo with both Serbs and Muslims reporting attacks. Four Muslim truck drivers were allegedly beaten by armed Serbs, according to hospital officials. SRNA, the Bosnian Serb news agency, claimed a Serb had been beaten by Muslims in the Bosnian Muslim section of Sarajevo. While Admiral...