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...proposed clauses in the package of constitutional amendments and election laws were modified. Leading the legal revolt was the Baltic republic of Estonia, where the push for political reform has gone the furthest. Estonians feared that the new system would strengthen the authority of the central government and hamper efforts to achieve greater regional autonomy. In an unprecedented challenge to Moscow, the Estonian parliament rejected the constitutional amendments last month and passed a declaration of "national sovereignty." Ethnic Russians, he said, wanted to know "how this could happen to our brothers in Estonia...
...warned that the U.S. decision could hamper Middle East peace efforts...
Performing strongly for the Harvard offense, Mike Johnson and Todd Forman both made the All-New England Division I First Team. Forman played more minutes as the tournament progressed, nursing a hand injury that did not seem to hamper his play. Peter Richards was selected to the second team. Nick Branca and Eric Bentley also contributed to the barely a-float offense in the first two games...
...legality given theframework of HSA's charter to the University. Hesaid part of the corporation's Harvard chartercalls for it to serve in an educational role foremployees and to contribute to the University'sfinancial aid program. He said that limiting thepower of administrators and alumni on the boardmay hamper these mandates...
...place. But the U.S. seemingly squandered a chance to gain valuable information when it failed to pursue the MIA issue between the time of the cease-fire in 1973 and the fall of South Viet Nam in 1975. In the north, where many airmen vanished, mountainous terrain continues to hamper searches, and the highly acidic soil quickly erodes remains. Search operations are time consuming and expensive for impoverished Hanoi. "The Vietnamese haven't got much incentive to make searches," says a U.S. official in Southeast Asia. "I mean, how much is in it for them, other than finding the remains...