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...Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomydrin, in a series of dramatic televised telephone negotiations with rebel leader Shamil Basayev, agreed todeclare a ceasefire in Chechnya, resume peace talks and give the gunmen safe passage home. The normally reticent Chernomyrdin surprised many with his decisive action. The government had endured a firestorm of criticism overPresident Boris Yeltsin's decision to attend the G-7 meeting rather than stay to deal with the crisis. The just-released hostages were especially angered by Yeltsin's order to use force against the terrorists. More than 100 hostages were killed by Russian soldiers during attacks...
...outfit's funding originates, only that L.D.I. relies on sympathetic donors and that it will "not take a penny" from possible malpractice awards in any of the 71 cases it currently supports, none of which have yet gone to trial. In a 1992 issue of the L.D.I. publication, Firestorm: A Guerrilla Strategy for Pro-Life America, Crutcher advocated using such suits not just to "protect women'' but to "force abortionists out of business by driving up their insurance rates...
Murray, along with the late Pierce Professor in Psychology Richard J. Herrnstein, sparked a firestorm of protest across the country with their controversial book The Bell Curve, which presents findings linking intelligence to race...
...tune; his vibrant eyes stared constantly at the drums, pausing once or twice to cue in other members of the group and never looking at the audience until the tune's end. Now and then, an almost childish grin passed over Bellson's face as he whipped up a firestorm of percussive sound...
Incoming foreign relations committee chairman Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) -- the subject of a recent firestorm over interviews he's given about President Clinton's performance -- today used his recent high media profile to bash the press. He may have been apologetic after his recent remark that President Clinton "better have a bodyguard" if he visits North Carolina, but now that the smoke's cleared, he's blaming the media for the rhetorical debacle. "It was never a threat and everybody knew that," a reinvigorated Helms told reporters during a home state visit. He aimed his next shot...