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American officials were more worried that Tudjman might torpedo the proximity conference. The Croatian President made it clear to President Clinton in a meeting last Tuesday that he would attend for only a few days and then leave the negotiating to his Foreign Minister, Mate Granic. Worse, he was muttering about taking eastern Slavonia by force if it is not returned to Croatia peacefully in a month or so. The oil-rich territory was seized by rebel Serbs in 1991; negotiations for its return are under way outside the Dayton conference. Clinton, according to State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns, personally...
...grandfather Thomas Pryor Gore, the blind Senator from Oklahoma (Vice President Al Gore is his cousin). Vidal's mother was a histrionic alcoholic, so early on he retreated into the world of books and language. He attended the exclusive St. Albans prep school and served as first mate on a supply ship during World War II, after which, at age 20, he published his first novel, Williwaw...
...generation or two has been swept away by raw sewage. For an adolescent, abstinence means security and, therefore, the freedom that comes with self-possession. Abstinence becomes a medium of clarity, the window through which it is easier to recognize, among many things, one's work and one's mate...
Senior co-captain Todd Meringoff easily won the B flight 6-0 6-4. En route, he defeated team mate and fellow co-captain Josh Hausman...
...philandering having broken this unwritten contract with convention, she is free to re-examine her options. In the process she undermines her father's authority, encourages her mother to join the revolution and, finally, goes back to school and, possibly, into a more realistic relationship with her now chastened mate...