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...which spawned separatist military campaigns among the Serb minorities of Serbia's neighboring states. But their leaders insist they got most of what they wanted out of the Skopje political agreement, and the time has come to put down their weapons. And those leaders have plenty of reasons to crow about the outcome. Three months ago, NATO leaders were still denouncing the NLA as "terrorists" and "murderers in the hills"; now fresh-faced young British liaison officers come calling to politely inquire, over coffee, when the guerrillas might be ready to hand over their weapons. The Skopje agreement may have...
...following the rape charge, most news outlets didn't report on the race of the accused. Some Western journalists did, but they didn't note that his accuser was almost certainly a kokujo and that the nightclub culture around the Okinawan bases is almost as segregated as the Jim Crow South. When off duty, most military personnel tend to congregate according to race. The clubs that black servicemen frequent are also the haunts of kokujo. Of course, saying she was there to meet a man is not proof of consent, nor are her sexual history or any particular proclivities...
...wound up notching 120 points. But don?t get used to it. Wall Street has lately begun to crow about this being "the bottom," and they may have a point. After racking up its worst July in a long, long while, NASDAQ still hasn?t budged since April and seems to have settled in around 2,000. The Dow may be doing the same thing somewhere in the 10,500 range. But bottoms don?t change into bounces just because they?re been at bottom for a few months - the whole decade of the '70s was a bottom, practically...
...lawyers. On a recent trip to the Valley of the Chiefs (a.k.a. Federal Lease MTM-74615), Howard Boggess witnessed proof that demonstrated how people of different backgrounds can come together for a greater good. "As I walked, I wondered, How long had it been since a Blackfeet, a Crow and a Comanche had walked this valley together and prayed together and had food?" Too long, no doubt--peace always takes too long. The question is, When will Boggess and other Westerners warring over ever scarcer resources finally hear the drum...
...designated as federal lease MTM-74615. It brings in just $1 an acre from the Anschutz Corp., which plans to drill for oil. But to the Comanche, Crow and Blackfeet it is revered as the Valley of the Chiefs...