Word: factors
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Still, Milosevic says he sees the sanctions discussion in far more than just economic terms. His argument is that the embargo constitutes the single most important obstacle to a comprehensive regional peace. "Serbia is a major factor for peace in the Balkans," he says, "but we are under sanctions; we are in prison. The international community is making a mistake in expecting us to run in our struggle for peace but do so with the chains of sanctions on our legs." Once the embargo is lifted and a comprehensive peace is in place, he says, economic and other links will...
...controversial: a ruling in a Georgia case that declared racial gerrymandering unconstitutional under the 1965 Voting Rights Act-a decision that is certain to alter the country's political landscape. By a 5-to-4 vote the Justices ruled that legislative districts drawn with race as the "predominant" motivating factor should generally be struck down. Black officials, many of whom owe their first-time election to racially conscious redistricting, were stunned and outraged. President Clinton called the ruling a "setback...
...Supreme Court decided last week that the use of race as a "predominant factor" in drawing congressional districts is unconstitutional, a decision that could erase may of the gains that Blacks have made in Congress. The Court's decision has been widely criticized by Blacks who say it represents a possible attack on the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which led to enhancements of Blacks' right to vote. But the Court's decision--whether it is in itself the right one--is good because it should benefit Blacks in the long run by allowing them to achieve more of their...
...final day of the 1995 term, the Supreme Court handed down a major ruling that could shape the racial makeup of Congress for years to come. On a 5-4 vote, a sharply divided Court said thatrace cannot be the predominant factor in drawing up election districts. The decision could make it much more difficult for blacks in southern states to be elected to Congress, saysTIME legal correspondent Adam Cohen. "In Alabama and Louisiana, two states with large black minorities, you could once again see an all-white congressional delegation. In the civil rights movement," says Cohen, "the pendulum...
...rogue state that seeks to export terror, build nuclear weapons and sabotage the Middle East peace process. When the Clinton Administration recently imposed a complete economic embargo, the rhetoric was harsher than that against any other country. But however real the threat from Tehran may be, one factor is not widely understood: the revolution is decaying. Iran is already severely undermining itself...