Word: diplomat
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...Should he be? Even if the Radical Party wins more votes than the competition on Dec. 28, analysts say it won't get the majority needed to form a government - and finding a coalition partner will likely prove impossible. "It would be the kiss of death," said one Western diplomat in Belgrade. Instead, the Radical Party's main rival, the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS ), led by ex-President Vojislav Kostunica, seems more likely to forge a coalition with smaller parties. Kostunica, though a lifelong opponent of Milosevic, has a nationalist streak of his own. He took...
...tongues. Mary R. Ziegler wearily recounts the “endless revision stage” of her novel with her agent, before heading off. Aaron C.M. Barth concedes, “Yeah, I’m pretty ridiculous.” This devout son of a Christian missionary-turned-diplomat has been strategically seated beside fellow world traveler—and well-known feminist—Natalia A.J. Truszkowska so they can share harrowing travel stories...
Strummer was born the song of a diplomat and spent his early childhood in Algeria, giving Strummer an enduring taste for internationally-tinged music. Rather than take up the sitar, though, Strummer founded The Clash, the greatest punk band to ever rule the earth. Because all good things must come to an end, The Clash broke up, but Strummer returned a few years ago with the Mescaleros, a band that allowed him to stretch his world music muscles a little more. So the thing about falling in love with a Strummer album is that it reminds you exactly...
...burst into flames, debris and choking smoke filled the streets. Stopping an insistent woman from moving closer to the carnage, a police officer told her, "Sorry, beyond this you will be walking on bits of people." Inside the consulate, the body of Short's husband Roger, 58, a career diplomat, was buried under a six-foot pile of wreckage. A rescue worker, cloaked in dust as he frantically dug, reported, "We're not pulling anyone out intact...
...young Muslims," says Bebe. Natan Sharansky, the former Soviet dissident who is now an Israeli minister, sees a "new anti-Semitism" as a cocktail of the traditional hatred, anti-Israeli feeling among Muslims, and anti-Americanism. "We used to keep out of commenting on these attacks," says an Israeli diplomat in Europe. "But our approach has changed because of the link between anti-Semitism and Israel." It ought to be simple to distinguish between anti-Semitism and criticism of Israeli policies. Yet some of the most rancorous polemics in France in recent months have been over precisely where to draw...