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In the days that followed, the University's Middle East experts were bombarded by calls, requests and pleas from the media to answer initial questions and analyze the primary impact of the situation.

Author: By Lan N. Nguyen, | Title: Scholars Consider A Post-War Era | 1/31/1991 | See Source »

When some 200,000 Budapest students and workers marched to the parliament building on Kossuth Square on Oct. 23, they had no thought of overthrowing the Communist regime. They wanted mainly to petition the leadership for various reforms, including the return to power of a moderate Communist leader, Imre Nagy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History: An Echo from the Past | 1/28/1991 | See Source »

The events in Lithuania should not have come as a real surprise. Ethnic separatism has always been Gorbachev's blind spot, a yearning for which the Soviet President has neither sympathy nor patience. Though he likes to claim he is simply "enforcing the constitution," he has been consistent in his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: The Bad Old Days Again | 1/28/1991 | See Source »

From then on, the suspense steadily increased. Would Israel continue to heed , U.S. and allied pleas not to strike back, or was it being goaded beyond endurance? If it did retaliate, could the U.S. hold the anti-Iraq coalition together, or might some of its Arab members bolt? How much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle So Far, So Good | 1/28/1991 | See Source »

Tax chiselers are not expected to benefit much from similar pleas. The decision does not change the obligation of all nonpayers to pay any back taxes due, plus interest and applicable civil penalties. Last week's ruling affects only criminal convictions, which must be based on "willful" violations. Still, dissenting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXES: A Cheeky Defense | 1/21/1991 | See Source »

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