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...intervening forcefully in Bosnia, the world ensures that a wider conflict will erupt, one which could be easily avoided...
Michael L. Campbell '93, one of the participants in the discussion, said that talking about such sensitive topics was important "so that issues are dealt with before events erupt...
...additional 45 minutes pass, then shouts erupt. Necks crane toward a small, bright cloud that has formed in a virtually cloudless sky. Video cameras whir, and Polaroids spit out pictures. People whisper about the experience they have just shared. The announcer declares, "The Virgin Mary will now bless us." Arms extend portraits of Jesus, crucifixes and other % icons for blessing. Then Fowler steps onto the porch to relay Mary's words: "Pray and sacrifice, please...
None of the characters escape this familial upheaval because they sit, idle and frustrated, only to erupt at any sign of personal weakness in the others. It seems that every third line of the play begins with an apology for someone's biting, bitter outburst a line earlier. These scenes show volatile, yet sensitive, characters who have outlived their image of themselves. Years of family life have dulled them to each's hangups and worries about the rest of the group's behavior. For example, one brother's "worldly" advice turns out to be a jealous ploy to destroy...
BUSH ADMINISTRATION EXPERTS FEAR THAT A WIDER WAR could erupt at any time in the former Yugoslavia. But COLIN POWELL, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has forbidden his generals to prepare any U.S. contingency plans. Without the plans, he figures, there can be no U.S. involvement...