Word: frontieres
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...frightened," Petrulli said yesterday. "I heard four or five shots and I though, 'Oh, my God.' Harvard Square is the last frontier...
...politics; it involves Serbian Orthodox, Bosnian Muslims and Croat Catholics. Serb militias now occupy 70% of Bosnia and Herzegovina, leaving only Sarajevo and isolated pockets in the hands of Bosnia's mainly Muslim government. Among the most desperate are the besieged Muslim towns in eastern Bosnia, near the frontier with Serbia. It was their plight that prompted Clinton to order the airdrops over the snow-covered town of Cerska...
...with Darci and Darly's escape from prison last Monday, Brazil's western frontier has regained its reputation for lawlessness. Despite repeated warnings that lax security made a jailbreak all but inevitable, state and federal government officials paid no attention. Once again, rubber tappers fear more violence. "This place could turn into a war zone," warned Gumercindo Rodrigues of the Xapuri Rural Workers' Union. Inundated with protests from environmental groups, the Brazilian government vowed to recapture the gunmen. "They'll never find them," predicted Mendes' widow Ilzamar, who accused local authorities of complicity in the escape. A police manhunt...
...town of Irun, on the Spanish-French frontier, Jan. 1 marked the end of Juan Manuel Retegui's career. Until then, 1,500 trucks a day would pass through the border's vast customs complex, with its long rows of loading bays and warehouses. Retegui and his 1,275 fellow agents, inspectors and clerks thrived on the red tape generated by $1 billion worth of trade a year. "Lines of trucks would stretch up the road," said Retegui. "Shops and bars were packed with people...
...ship a breeding mare from Italy to Ireland and back, saving $700 on the round trip. A dozen export-import forms were eliminated, and veterinary checks now take place only at the destination. As for Sivieri trucker Carlo Boldrini, who used to spend nights in the horse trailer when frontier posts closed for the day, "stress is reduced...