Word: crisises
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The panic in Moscow isn?t on the streets; it?s in the Kremlin. Top Yeltsin aides have been stoking Russia?s rumor mill all week, hinting variously that their boss is considering declaring a state of emergency, planning to resign this weekend and call early presidential elections, or looking...
"The bombings, the renewed fighting in Chechnya and Dagestan, the mounting swirl of scandal, are all bringing the crisis to a boil," says Meier. "Something has to give. One of the world?s largest nuclear arsenals is now in the hands of a small coterie of aides terrified of losing...
The easing of sanctions is symbolically important in continuing Washington?s policy of using economic inducements to coax better behavior out of the rogue state. Congressional critics might add that it could also be taken as a vindication of North Korea?s policy of extorting economic concessions out of the...
Even though President Clinton endorsed the broad themes of the report in a speech in New Zealand Wednesday, he knows as well as anyone that the U.S. is the worst offender ? and that American democracy often cripples the nation?s ability to respond to environmental challenges. "Few politicians are going...
The potential case load is overwhelming, with 3.5 million Americans suffering from severe forms of mental illness, according to the Treatment Advocacy Center. In 1998, New York City police handled 60,000 calls to 911 regarding EDPs. The city treats approximately 344,000 people with mental illness or substance-abuse...