Word: crisises
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The moment Clinton confesses to anything, he loses some magical powers; his decisions during the past seven months have already cost him some actual powers as well. The shrapnel from this scandal is now embedded in the polity, the culture and the law, and it will take more than the...
The "wall of silence" erected by Bill Clinton's personal attorney, David Kendall [NATION, Aug. 3], is probably the worst legal advice given to an American President since Nixon during the Watergate crisis. Kendall may be a brilliant attorney and a fierce negotiator, but he is no student of history...
MOSCOW: Boris Yeltsin's latest cabinet reshuffle has left his supporters worried about his sanity while his country braces for yet another 180-degree turn in economic policy. Five months ago Yeltsin fired Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin for fomenting a financial crisis; on Sunday he reappointed Chernomyrdin to resolve that...
Although Yeltsin told the country Chernomyrdin's appointment was supposed to "maintain stability," its effect may be the opposite: The prime minister wants to reverse last week's ruble devaluation package and is expected to drop Anatoly Chubais from his cabinet -- one of the few Russian politicians to enjoy any...
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Fortune Investor Data Although the exposure of U.S. investors to the Russian markets is minimal, the country's woes hit Europe hard, and that comes home to America. Not to mention the chilling prospect of the crisis toppling Yeltsin's government and bringing...