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Surprised by the Serb onslaught and its timing, officials in Washington insisted that the U.S. airdrops had not triggered the attack. Pentagon and State Department spokesmen argued that the Serbs were carrying out battle plans made long before. But another Administration expert on Yugoslavia sees it differently. "Of course there's a connection," he says. "From the Serb viewpoint, the best way to stop the airdrops is to 'cleanse' the area." The delivery of food may have encouraged Serb fighters, who had been trying to starve the Muslims out of territory Serbs wish to occupy, to mount a more aggressive...
...onslaught of phone calls condemning Zoe Baird was motivated by resentment at her elitist arrogance. Baird's nomination failed because she represented a quality the voters had begun to detest in George Bush: a disconnection from the very real struggles of Americans who lack six- or seven-figure incomes. After a year of campaign foreplay with the "forgotten middle class," Clinton failed to deliver, leaving the middle class feeling frustrated and forgotten once more...
Harvard took the big step forward at 11:11. Still reeling from the BU onslaught and perplexed by a Kevin O'Sullivan hook on a Michel Breistroff breakaway, the Crimson looked to its first line for salvation. Immediately after the face off, Drury quick-sticked the puck from behind the net to an awaiting Brian Farrell who slapped it in to give Harvard the 2-1 lead...
...substitute. Now AT&T may have one in N-butyl butyrate, a chemical found in, of all things, cantaloupes, peaches and plums. In fruit, it contributes to overall flavor; in the atmosphere, it should help reduce mankind's siege of the ozone layer, in turn relieving the onslaught of cancer- and cataract-causing ultraviolet light...
...just have to get ready for the onslaught of people," Associate Director of Athletic Operations Lauren M. DiStefano said. "Preparation for larger numbers and tight organization...