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Each country sent delegates to more than 20 committees to debate and write resolutions concerning recent world events. Some of those issues were the verification of nuclear arms treaties, Georgian secessionist movements, and human rights problems...
...Spee became an integral part of Kennedy's life at the College: "In the spacious, well-appointed Georgian building on the corner of Mt. Auburn and Holyoke Streets in Cambridge... Jack Kennedy was, at last, `home...
...primary challenge for Clinton, who--unwittingly or not--closely followed Carter's campaign strategy, is to avoid the traps that mired the Georgian's presidency in malaise...
...GEORGIAN LEADER EDUARD SHEVARDNADZE COULD barely suppress his jubilance at what he called the "embarrassing" results in the parliamentary elections. In the first balloting held in the republic since President Zviad Gamsakhurdia was forcibly deposed last January, Georgians by a majority of 95% endorsed the former Soviet Foreign Minister's uncontested bid to become chairman of a new parliament. Shevardnadze promised his new constituents that he would do everything he could "not to leave them disappointed...
...parties in the running, electing a new parliament seems more likely to increase political paralysis than to solve Georgia's problems. As Shevardnadze well knows, his countrymen may be famed as a nation of toastmasters, but eloquent speechmaking cannot compensate for the lack of democratic traditions. Still, the Georgian leader firmly believes the ballot box is the only way to force change. "There were some who wanted to turn power over to Shevardnadze," he says, "but I told them they were not going to make a dictator out of me." He plans to run for the post of parliamentary speaker...