Word: control
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that was before NATO took control of Kosovo, right? Wrong. The ethnic cleansing of Kosovo?s estimated 100,000 Gypsies began only after the Serbs withdrew and the Kosovo Liberation Army moved in, and it has continued right under the noses of Western peacekeepers. And unlike Kosovo?s Serbs, the Gypsies have nowhere to go. Those who tried to leave with the Serbs were turned back at the border, leaving them to the face the wrath of the Kosovar Albanians. Although NATO's KFOR peacekeepers have vowed to protect them, the understaffed force isn?t geared up to deal with...
...impoverished country. "Pakistan was clearly at fault here, but there may also be a significant shift under way in U.S. strategic thinking," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "Pakistan was a key U.S. ally in the Cold War, but there?s a growing fear that it?s out of control. And in the long run, India?s size and technological abilities make it a far more important regional power, with which Washington needs to strengthen its relationship...
...that the bumbling, barred-by-the-SEC Frankel was able to take control of insurance companies, particularly when he had virtually no assets? Oklahoma insurance commissioner Carrol Fisher is as surprised as anyone. "I don't know how in the world this could have happened," she said. "To imagine how one person could have got hold of this much money is beyond...
Hemingway purists have also bristled at the commercialism that has swelled during Papa's centennial year. Credit--or blame--for much of this activity goes to the author's three sons, who some years ago signed with a licensing agent to control the use of the Hemingway name. The latest venture to win the sons' approval is the Ernest Hemingway Collection from the Thomasville furniture company. Among the offerings: the Pamplona Sofa and the Kilimanjaro...
...wait a minute! A wire through the breast? A scar? A grape? We're talking about my breasts, which I happen to be quite fond of. And given their modest proportions, I hardly had any to spare. Fear and vanity battled for control. Even though 80% of biopsies are benign, I was terrified the doctors would find cancer. I panicked. I wanted another opinion. Lots of other opinions...