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...Social Studies concentrator writing his thesis on political violence in Colombia, DeAraujo said he first saw the need for such a committee while working as a research assistant to Associate Professor of Government Louise M. Richardson. Richardson said that, to the best of her knowledge, her classes on terrorism have been the only such ones offered at Harvard in the past 20 years...
...U.S.A. '94 and 16 in Argentina '78. And yet, more top teams have failed to make the grade this time than ever before. Five of the 20 best soccer nations, based on rankings issued last month by football's ruling body FIFA, won't be at Korea/Japan 2002: Colombia, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic and Romania...
...Morris introduce himself into a subplot of the action. On the mid-September day in 1901 when Vice President Roosevelt gets word that President William McKinley has succumbed to an assassin's bullet, Morris isn't the messenger who brings the telegram. When Teddy plots to uncouple Panama from Colombia--so that the U.S. could have a freer hand to build its great canal across the isthmus--Morris is not bending to the presidential lunch table to serve the soup and listen in. When T.R. holds forth at some White House reception, Morris doesn't flutter past in a bustle...
Gaviria responded that Colombia has long had guerrilla warfare within its borders, and that the renewed attention to terrorism will help Colombia manage the problem more effectively...
...Guerrilla warfare] is a complex situation.... The world’s closing tolerance for terrorism and political violence will help Colombia,” he said. “Colombia doesn’t have the capacity to handle the situation alone, but a better international environment will help...