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Milosevic has been campaigning for a drastic expansion of Serbia's power within Yugoslavia, including a tightened grip over the province of Kosovo, which is now only technically under Serbian control. Yugoslavia's Serbs regard Kosovo as their historic homeland, even though they now constitute little more than 10% of the province's population. At last week's meeting, Milosevic was opposed by the leaders of Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia, all of whom feared that his ambitious campaign would upset the fragile balance of power among Yugoslavia's six republics and two autonomous provinces...
...quality standards. In New York City, where rent control, high taxes and land prices discourage the construction of modestly priced housing, three out of four vouchers were returned to the Government last year after futile apartment searches by the recipients. Supply-side housing, like supply-side economics, has had drastic, unintended consequences...
...They know opportunities for the better have been squandered and that there is a key to success elsewhere," says Daniel Pipes, director of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, a non-partisan think tank based in Philadelphia. "But it is not clear what that key is, except that it means drastic change...
...demilitarize their own international behavior. What that would mean in practice would vary from one part of the world to another. In Europe -- the original front line of the cold war and still the most important potential "regional conflict" -- there should be negotiation that could eventually lead to drastic cutbacks in NATO and the Warsaw Pact in exchange for genuine self-determination for Eastern Europe...
...cast and crew are acutely aware that they have a tough act to follow. "It's like a new actor taking over another actor's role," says Anchor Gardner. No drastic departures from ABC's successful formula are planned. NBC has rounded up the required roster of former Olympians -- Gymnast Mary Lou Retton, Swimmer John Naber, High Jumper Dwight Stones -- as expert analysts, and is preparing taped features similar to ABC's "Up Close and Personal" reports. "I think ABC has done a great job; we hope to do a great job too," says Michael Eskridge, NBC's executive vice...