Word: caucasian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vague outburst was soon made clear by a group of regional leaders in the upper house of parliament who support Yeltsin. Responding to the Duma's action, they proposed that the election be postponed for at least two years. As explained by Vladimir Khubiyev, president of a North Caucasian ethnic republic within Russia, the need is "to discard all these elections and gradually move forward." Konstantin Titov, the regional governor of Samara, said, "Either you cancel your decision, or we cancel the June 16 elections...
...does diversity translate into student interaction? My rooming group is the college brochure picture of diversity. There are four of us: a Jew, a black, an Asian and a caucasian. But our diversity is not as deep as it may seem. Three of us are from New York City and attended elite private and public schools. The other is from rural western Pennsylvania. I have learned more from my Pennsylvanian roommate in discussions about small town life, sports and ambitions, than I have from my other two roommates...
...media attention reached a head when Abdul-Rauf finally confronted reporters on Tuesday, telling them that standing for the anthem violated his religious beliefs and that, "This country has a long history of [oppression]...I look at the Caucasian-Americans and I look at the African-Americans being oppressed in this country and I won't stand for that." He was suspended for that evening's game against Orlando...
...look at a lot of the groups, we've always included the Caucasian races," Khine said. "You can always gain from having different perspectives...
...through the ruined capital of Grozny when his car was rocked by two powerful bomb blasts, then sprayed with automatic-weapons fire. Zavgayev and five others were only slightly wounded. It was another demonstration, if any more were needed, that despite Russia's overwhelming military power in the tattered Caucasian republic, the Kremlin is failing in its campaign to impose a peace settlement on the rebels...