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...killing would entail. Clearly, there is no simple solution, diplomatic or military. Economic sanctions, mediation and U.N. peacekeepers have been tried without stopping the fighting. No case for armed intervention appeals to any President, Prime Minister or people. Frustrated, Western leaders have averted their gaze while first Slovenia, then Croatia, now Bosnia descended into chaos...
...whole has done no better. As Serbia's federal army and Serb irregulars ravage the recently independent states of Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina, both now full members of the U.N. the United Nations Secretary General and Security Council have responded with nothing but meaningless proclamations. The sparse U.N. forces in the war zone have been a laughing-stock, closing down its operations whenever mortar rounds fall too near and suffering the injury of their own soldiers without a peep...
...United Nations have been sparked not by its own leadership, but rather by the dramatic trip of French president Francois Mitterand into warn-torn Sarajevo. The French, along with the Germans, seem to be trying to fill the vacuum of outside leadership that has characterized the fighting in Croatia and Bosnia...
...Angola's Olympic debut was unlikely, consider those of Lithuania and Croatia. Neither team existed last year. Their countries, new to the conjugation of nations, exist only perilously and amid great hardship. But on the court, Lithuania and Croatia do honor to their homelands. Lithuania is led by Marciulionis, whose favorite painter is Hieronymus Bosch. Most N.B.A. players do not have a favorite painter or would not know Bosch from Beethoven, but they all know Marciulionis. This past season as the Golden State Warrior's sixth man, he was fourth in the N.B.A. in points scored for minutes played...
Marciulionis is a bull, driving fearlessly to the hoop. He will shoot in traffic or pass the ball to 7-ft. 4-in. Arvydas Sabonis or three-point-shooter Rimas Kurtinaitis. Croatia's Drazen Petrovic, on the other hand, is a picador, launching shots like lances from all over the court. Those fans familiar with the Boston Celtics will also recognize 7-ft. 2-in. Stojko Vrankovic. In Badalona, at least, Vrankovic is an intimidating shot blocker. The Croatians are deeper than the Lithuanians, and both are more talented than the Australians. Says Croatian Danko Cvjeticanin: "We are the Dream...