Word: east
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...election results have been released for all districts, excluding the East Yard. The new East Yard election began yesterday at 12:01 a.m. and will conclude Tuesday night...
...shocks me that in response to a question regarding U.S. intervention in East Timor [WORLD, Sept. 13], Defense Secretary William Cohen had the nerve to proclaim that "the U.S. cannot be and should not be viewed as the policeman of the world" and that the new hot spot is not in the "vital interest" of the U.S. This from the man who only months ago was advancing the Clinton policy that we all had a moral obligation to help the Kosovar Albanians against the oppressive Serbian regime. Perhaps U.S. motivations were not so humanitarian as claimed. ROBERT C. MULLINS Geneva...
...international community lets the East Timorese people down, it will be formally throwing democracy into the garbage can. If respect for democracy goes down the drain, so will a stable political evolution in the region and a promising economic one. Remember, this is happening under the auspices of the international community. Armed intervention is not the only option. Economic sanctions do not kill soldiers and do not require permission from Indonesian officials. Furthermore, I bet no political force in Indonesia is willing to have sanctions imposed. PEDRO HOMEM DE GOUVEIA Lisbon...
After Rwanda and Kosovo, another dark page of modern history is being written in East Timor by the Indonesian army. It's a shame the international community did not react faster in condemning Indonesia and preventing the genocide, which has been ongoing since the mid-'70s in East Timor. Above all political and economic considerations, the international community should never forget that the brave people of East Timor are struggling (and dying) for something that is so dear to all of us: freedom. MIGUEL LUCAS Lisbon...
Things are different now. Rock has become commercialized, and the performers want to make money. Yet there is also a younger scene keeping the spirit alive. Rock 'n' roll is about equality. Some Chinese are slaves to Western culture; others look East. I say f___ all of them and be yourself. That's what I like about rock 'n' roll. You can talk straight...