Word: lithuania
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...gauntlet was thrown down in another Baltic rebellion against the Soviets that could further complicate superpower relations. Even as Eduard Shevardnadze and the Bush Administration were trying to muffle Lithuania's impact in Washington, Estonia was setting off on a similar course of defiance. As Ruutel told a group of visiting TIME editors in Tallinn last week: "We understand the concern abroad that we are, perhaps, too bold in our demands and are undermining Gorbachev's position. But the interests of the superpowers should not be advanced at the expense of small nations...
Some Estonians have concerns about the brash way in which Lithuania declared outright independence, but sympathy with the decision is widespread. Says Enn- Arno Sillari, First Secretary of the independent Estonian Communist Party: "I'd like to think the Lithuanians are paving the way for us." The Estonians prefer to take more measured steps toward sovereignty. Instead of a complete break with Moscow, the Supreme Soviet two weeks ago called for an unspecified transition period leading to "the formation of the constitutional institutions of the Republic of Estonia...
...President Bush seems to be trying hard not to make Lithuania a point of contention between our two countries. Is that your perception...
...superpowers set an early date for a Bush-Gorbachev meeting, dispelling any question that the Lithuania crisis might derail the get-together. -- Before departing for Washington last week, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze spoke to TIME...
...Lithuania is slowly strangled, it appeals to the world for help. The world turns away ashamedly. Shame, because we know that the Lithuanian cause is just...