Word: javier
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...talking -- peace talk, settlement talk, negotiation talk -- but most of it was just that, talk. Saddam Hussein, looking a little sweatier, issued a flurry of offers to negotiate, but his antics seemed intended mainly to avert a military showdown. A clutch of mediators led by U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar set off on peacemaking missions, yet none carried much promise of success. In Washington, President Bush toned down his rhetoric and turned his attention to diplomacy, but said bluntly that he had no immediate hope for "fruitful negotiations." Despite a gut sense that both sides might be looking...
Lying facedown in the dirt -- the place where young men netted by the Los Angeles police department's vaunted antigang sweeps frequently wind up -- Javier Gonzalez, 18, watched in terror as an officer slammed Lewayne Williamson's head into the ground. "The cop asked if he was in a gang. Lewayne said no and was hit," Gonzalez recalls. "He said no again and was hit again. By the time they got to me, five or six people had already been whacked." Fearful of being beaten, Gonzalez blurted yes when asked if he was a gang member. Over the next...
...nation Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Before it could have done that, however, it had to endorse some of CSCE's basic human-rights requirements, including freedom of travel and other civil rights guarantees. Even the United Nations is looking anew at Albania: Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar made his first visit to Tirana last week. In Washington a State Department spokeswoman has declared optimistically that "the door is open to the resumption of diplomatic relations" between the U.S. and Albania. Though the process has only begun, it seems clear that last year's political tremors accomplished...
...opinion: We can't force you to listen while we speak, but please let us speak and keep your hatefulness to yourselves. We have heard it already. Sheila C. Allen '93 Charles R. Flatt '92 co-chairs, Harvard-Radcliffe BGLSA Sandra Cavazos '92 Michael J. Wartofsky '90-91 Javier E. Mateu...
...serving of Springfield's Javier Bernal proved nearly deadly as he stretched his team's lead to 14-7. Senior outside hitter Bennett Johnson extended the match a little longer with a strong play at net that won the serve for Harvard...