Word: bulgaria
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...behaving in ways that tend to get ordinary people thrown out of bars. But in Zhirinovsky's case, he was given the bum's rush from entire countries. Back in Russia at week's end, the nationalist demagogue was able to regale friends with how he was booted from Bulgaria, barred from Germany and booed in Romania without even paying a visit. In fact, he returned to Moscow only after it became clear that nobody else wanted him around...
...football shocks in the lineup for next year's World Cup finals in the U.S., centering mostly on teams that will not make the trip. Among the surprises: France, which needed only a draw to qualify, was beaten, 2-1, in the final 10 seconds of play by upstart Bulgaria. England, playing with a dismal record, was also eliminated, despite its birthright to the game. And European champion Denmark failed to qualify when it was dumped by Spain...
After winning 10 medals at this summer's World Games for the Deaf in Sofia, Bulgaria, a Harvard varsity swimmer has been named Athlete of the Year by the American Athletic Association of the Deaf (AAAD...
Countries that contribute troops insist on commanding them from afar. Soldiers from Bulgaria, a hapless lot recruited through local newspaper ads, scandalized the Cambodian provinces with their drinking and womanizing, but the U.N. could not discipline them. A U.N. task force has been created to investigate alleged black marketeering by peacekeepers, as well as charges that blue helmets regularly visited a Serb-run brothel outside Sarajevo whose "prostitutes" were in fact Muslim and Croat prisoners...
...autumn of 1998. Hungary's democratic government, outraged at the treatment of 1.8 million ethnic Hungarians in neighboring Romania, threatens to take back the region of Transylvania by force. Bulgaria backs Romania. Farther north, Ukraine's government is shaken by an ultimatum from Moscow: Hand over all nuclear weapons or face a pre-emptive strike. Hungary and Ukraine turn immediately to their NATO allies for support...