Word: halte
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...allied unity and shake the new cooperation between NATO and the U.N., and might also precipitate a split with Russia, which is a member of the Contact Group. In Moscow last week, a fit-looking President Boris Yeltsin demanded, "Why are only the Serbs punished?" He warned NATO to halt the air strikes or see Europe again divided into "two camps." American officials assumed most of Yeltsin's protest was for domestic consumption, but they took care to seat Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov prominently at the negotiating table in Geneva...
When June arrives, Harvard's classes come to an abrupt halt while students scatter to the four winds. Although the academic action ceases, at least for a little bit, Harvard athletes continue to challenge competitors in the United States and beyond...
Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott headed to Moscow to try to calm Russian anger over the NATO raids as Boris Yeltsin intensified his opposition. Yeltsin's government today branded the bombing runs "genocide" against the Serbs. Yesterday, Moscow called upon the Security Council to halt the raids. Sally Donnelly reports from Moscow that Yeltsin is playing to the home team, talking tough as Russian parliamentary election campaigns proceed. "The Russians are suffering from 'former superpower angst'," Donnelly says. "If the U.S. had become a lesser power, and Russia and Europe were ignoring the U.S. and intervening in a place...
...Greenpeace intensified its campaign to halt France's nuclear tests in the South Pacific, French commandos seized two of the environmentalist organization's vessels close to an atoll where underground trials will be conducted. The boarding of the vessels was ordered after several Greenpeace inflatable dinghies were intercepted near the site...
...rights and its willingness to export missile technology to irresponsible nuclear wannabes. As Krauthammer points out, "Containment of such a bully must begin early in its career. That means building relations with China's neighbors, starting with Vietnam.'' It is China's jittery neighbors that are most eager to halt the dangerous expansion of this waking giant. Let's cease the failed policy of appeasing Beijing and re-establish full diplomatic relations with Taiwan, one of the most powerful containment incentives the U.S. has ever presented Beijing with. STEPHEN RABASCO Boston...