Word: europeanize
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...heart, Yeltsin is a true Russian. As a result of a 74-year communist interlude, Russia retains the kind of imperial ambition that at the beginning of this century was shared by all the major European powers. Much of the former Russian Empire consisted of 19th century conquests, among them Chechnya and Finland. Russia wants to hold on to the parts still in her possession, and sees fit to use warfare to do so. However, as a victim of imperialism, Chechnya has the right to independence...
...boisterous vibrancy of U.S. culture has historically stemmed from the mingling of homegrown art with imported models of European classicism. Some of the credit for this unique American cultural heritage belongs to the robber barons and entrepreneurs--Frick, Carnegie, Morgan, Rockefeller and so forth--who used part of their fortunes to build museums, libraries and concert halls that would rival any to be found on the Continent. In their diverse ways, these benefactors believed culture served the common good, not only educating the people but also making them better citizens. Such patronage helped ensure that our cultural plate would overflow...
What Balladur does not have to worry about is a serious challenge from the left. A month ago, the polls showed outgoing European Commission President Jacques Delors, a Socialist, well out in front. But Delors' decision not to run left the Socialists without a credible candidate. None of the announced hopefuls--former Education Minister Lionel Jospin, 57; former Culture Minister Jack Lang, 55; and party leader Henri Emmanuelli, 49--has a broad national following. As things stand, the Socialists might well be eliminated in the first stage of the two-round presidential contest on April...
...never discover whether he or she had been going up or down. But Ramon Sampedro, of the Galician fishing village of Xuno, 620 km northwest of Madrid, could not be more open about his intentions: he wants to die--so much so that he has asked the European Commission on Human Rights in Strasbourg to declare it his entitlement...
...false report from a Russian news agency that Moscow had shot down a Western combat missile touched off a brief international crisis today, as several European countries and the U.S. scrambled for explanations. The report by Interfax, a Russian news agency, cited an unidentified military source reporting that a missile launched from northern Europe was destroyed at 10:30 a.m. (2:30 a.m. EST). The killer missile turned out to be a NASA-funded research rocket, launched from Oslo, Norway, to study the Northern lights. "We are a little puzzled by the report," said Erik Lanke, spokesman for the Norwegian...