Word: delay
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Russians and other Europeans see another good reason for delay: Milosevic's reaction to the Bosnian Serbs' refusal to follow his instructions. After the vote in Pale, Milosevic stalked out, flew back to Belgrade and announced that he was cutting off all Serbia's assistance to them except for food and medicine. But many Western military experts contend that Milosevic cannot really seal the Serbian border and that Bosnian Serbs have stockpiled at least two years' worth of war materiel and food...
...Clinton administration continues to delay in formulating a decisive policy in Bosnia, Harvard professors are also divided on the role the U.S. should take in the civil war that has killed as many as 100,000 people in the last 13 months...
...Clinton delay] looks like a tactical maneuver," Colton said. "But it shows how prickly the nettle is...I don't blame the U.S. or other governments for being reluctant...
...administration said this week that any decision on military action in Bosnia would come after the results of the Bosnian Serb referendum and that the U.S. delay was largely due to hesitation on the part of European governments...
...story is more than a matter of historical interest; the world may pay dearly for the delay. What happened with ozone is a cautionary tale that is relevant to how countries deal with other global environmental issues, such as the scientific forecasts of global warming. So far, leaders have put off dealing with that danger, just as they did with the ozone problem...