Word: pariahs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...each man stands to gain from mutual recognition and the establishment of ties. "Both nations are in bad economic shape, so Milosevic sees the possibilities of greater trade with Croatia. Mending fences with Croatia also goes a long way toward assuring international investors that Serbia is no longer a pariah state. Tudjman gains another feather in his cap as father of his country." Tudjman said afterward: "We agreed on normalization of all issues and all open problems." That may mean some progress was made toward resolving border disputes between the two nations, as well as the future of Eastern Slavonia...
...other American tourists, O.J. Simpson came to England hoping to sample a few things he says he can't get at home: civility and fair play, for starters. And perhaps a touch of class--a genteel reception at the Oxford Union would be a welcome contrast to Simpson's pariah status...
...settled between Pyongyang and Seoul." Although both countries are still technically at war, having never signed a peace treaty, both see reunification as inevitable. With each incursion, Jackson says, North Korea is trying to improve a bargaining position made weak by recent famines and its international status as a pariah. The 1953 armistice ending the three-year Korean War allows just 35 soldiers on each side of the zone, permits soldiers to carry only sidearms and prohibits gunfire. Pyongyang has declared the armistice meaningless and has repeatedly demonstrated its scorn for the pact. In early April, 100 North Korean soldiers...
FARRAKHAN MUST BE REVILED AND condemned, particularly by mainstream African-American and Muslim leaders, as the pariah that he is. It is not too late to stop this dangerous, deluded man. OREN M. SPIEGLER Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
While many students do feel peer pressure to smoke, a countervailing trend of health consciousness also makes smoking difficult. Wendy A. Mackey-Kydd, a health educator at University Health Services, says, "It's almost like a social pariah to be a smoker, at least for an adult, and it may be for a college student...