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Such unnerving incidents have become common for the 250,000 Iraqi Americans living in the U.S., along with 2.2 million other Americans of Arab descent. For this diverse, and often divided, community, the outbreak of war has brought despair, anger, threats of attack, charges of disloyalty and fears for family still living in the line of fire. "These two civilizations that have defined us are now clashing," says James Zogby, executive director of the Arab American Institute. "It's like a bus is coming at us at 100 m.p.h., and it's 10 ft. away, and we just want...
...course is already showing signs of being a big hit: Zanger says many students have called her to express interest. Still, even if you don't read French, don't despair. If interest continues to be high, Zanger says she may try to teach the course in English next year...
...tradition, to the point where languages, which were entirely oral, and skills, such as basketmaking, were in danger of disappearing. After decades of drift, tribes that have begun to focus on preserving their heritage for the next generation have also reduced their rates of teen suicide, illiteracy, addiction and despair...
...various republics. As the Congress of People's Deputies meeting approached, Soyuz and conservatives generally seemed to be gaining influence with a frustrated Gorbachev. That should have been no surprise. The reformists' strength had always resided in an evanescent popular mood that has swung from euphoria to near despair as political breakdown has been mirrored in economic chaos and shortages of everything. The conservatives, in contrast, command the hard, physical tools of power: troops, tanks and vertushki, the direct telephone lines to the central authorities that are the lifeline of the government bureaucracy...
That has sent Walesa hurrying to mend fences with Mazowiecki, who resigned as Prime Minister one day after his humiliating third-place finish. Mazowiecki fell victim to voter despair over the nation's economic chaos. Poland is undergoing the most radical conversion to private enterprise of any East European country. But Poles are furious over the attendant disruptions, including a 200% annual inflation rate and an increase in unemployment from almost nothing to more than 1 million of the nation's 18 million workers. In their frustration, many sought scapegoats for their plight: former Communists, Jews and even the leaders...