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...tastic, even though there were only 350 fans, and most of them were...Norwegian...
...Harvard men's basketball team made its first public appearance of the 1990-91 season with an entertaining but less-than-impressive 106-84 victory over Asker, a Norwegian team that plays Division I European basketball. Variety was the keyword of the night--this was not Ivy League basketball...
...expected Norwegian Prime Minister Jan Syse's wobbly coalition to last long, but when the government fell last week it was a matter of genuine concern. At issue was a question that has divided Norwegians for three decades: the country's relationship with the European Community. The immediate crisis was over trade relations with the E.C., but with that crisis resurfaced the ultimate question of whether Norway should join the Community...
Even where it has long been entrenched, democracy has not proved invariably hospitable to women. Despite the growing number of women entering politics in the U.S., the country is just beginning the journey toward full equality. In the West, women like British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Brundtland have had to struggle against the traditional demands of gender in order to impress their visions on national policies. For decades the Communist states of Europe boasted of political egalitarianism, making a show of filling token government posts with women. But revolution has torn down the facades...
Thanks to increases and an improved exchange rate for the Norwegian krone, the prize is worth about $710,000, or about eight times Gorbachev's annual salary. It is a sum that would see any Soviet citizen through a lifetime of shortages, but the President plans to donate the money to charity. One likely recipient: a fund for young victims of the Chernobyl disaster...