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...sample the Western lifestyle and were free to travel. With a Yugoslav passport, one could pass through the Berlin Wall as if it wasn't there, and we were equally welcome in Israel and Egypt. When communism collapsed, Yugoslavia was expected to be the first East European country to join the European Community. But instead of E.U. membership we got Slobodan Milosevic, who ensnared many of my Serbian compatriots with his virulent nationalism, while other Balkan countries became equally nationalistic. Slovenia was the first to pull out of Yugoslavia, followed by Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia and Kosovo. And now Montenegro...
Montenegro voted last week to split from Serbia, ending the last union between states of the former Yugoslavia. Nationalists in the Balkan republic (celebrating at left), which hopes to join the European Union, aren't alone in their secessionist spirit. Here are six other territories with aspirations to join the countries club...
...Around 1 a.m. Mitchell asked the crowd to join in on the final number, and we did. Mary swayed; I swayed. Next to me, there was Sofia Coppola, swaying with a friend and singing along to "We All Get It in the End." It was a lovely, communal moment, for we were moved by a spirit both erotic and innocent. Just like the 60s, you might say, only with less hype...
...initiative of the office was to create a Student Advisory Board (SAB) representing all four undergraduate classes. Since the College already had a Prefect Board comprised of dedicated, energetic, and enthusiastic students committed to working with first-year students, the APO asked the nine members of that Board to join the SAB. All other undergraduates were sent emails by the Freshman Dean’s Office and the Houses asking them to apply for the remaining positions. More than 160 applied. We appointed about 40 students as full members of the SAB. The Board also includes guest members representing faculty...
...Still, Abbas is trying hard to remain relevant. And on Thursday, he appeared to take an all-or-nothing gamble, giving Hamas 10 days to agree to join him in endorsing a two-state solution based on Israel returning to its 1967 borders - which would mean giving up the lands occupied in the war of that year, including all of the West Bank and East Jerusalem - or else face a Palestinian referendum on the issue...