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...pointed to two incidents that involved house masters in minority conflicts in past years: repeated incidents of racial graffiti in Mather House, and a student who hung a Confederate flag outside her Kirkland House room window...
...with shiny copper lamps and fixtures, and the table by the front counter displays a large assortment of New England firefighter's memorabilia, complete with coffee mugs and beer pitchers. A former employee of the Postal Service, he is now 59 years old. Bruce approaches the collection of colorful flags that rest by the front door, and selects his "recession flag," hanging it outside for all of Epsom to see. An old flier nailed to a wooden post announces a sale commemorating his marital difficulties, which culminated in what Bruce calls "the Great American Divorce." The radio by the desk...
...Vogosca had already fled for Serb territory, and the Muslim-Croat police made their way to the city hall down quiet, deserted streets. When they got there, they may have confirmed fears the few remaining Serbs had about the transfer of power. The new bosses raised a Bosnian government flag over an administrative building, and tore a Serbian sign from the police station. Calling the transfer a "farce," Vogosca's Serb mayor said that the new police broke into and vandalized his office, smashing pictures of Serbian heroes and kicking down doors. Vogosca is only the first of Sarajevo...
...alleged thieves, friends of Wesleyan transfer student Basil O. El Baz '97, stole the flag during their November visit, unbeknownst...
...This comes amid a period of rising anti-American sentiment which has been fueled by the outome of that crisis. President Clinton sent in troubleshooter Richard Holbrooke, who reached an eleventh-hour deal to have them withdraw their forces and leave the island stripped of any kind of flag. But it also ties in with the fact that the U.S. during this entire crisis silently supported Turkey, when Greek officials were whipping out maps showing that this island was indeed considered Greek territory...