Word: powerfulness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only be the Serbs and Gypsies who are being terrorized in NATO-controlled Kosovo: The New York Times reported Thursday that the Kosovo Liberation Army has stepped into the power vacuum and unilaterally claimed all political power for itself, despite the fact that the U.N. is mandated to run the province until elections are held. The Times, citing NATO sources, says that the KLA is continuing to stockpile weapons and reports that the organization is taxing the population as well as confiscating property, under threat of violence, from both Serbs and ethnic Albanians. Commenting on the KLA?s monopolization...
...when I walked up to the President's desk I heard giggling and thumping underneath. John-John was in what he called his cave. Once when he peeked out and White House photographers got the picture, there was another image that traveled around the world: the reduction of great power to its simplest ingredient, a tiny boy exploring his world from the ground...
...recent years Warner's highly profitable television business even eclipsed the movie studio, creating such TV hits as ER and Friends and the rapidly rising WB network. Along the way they took the reins of Time Warner's vast $4 billion music empire following one of the brutal power struggles that periodically boiled up after Time Inc. merged with Warner Communications...
...targeted Haiti. DEA officials believe as much as 15% of the cocaine in the U.S. may be coming through Port-au-Prince. There is growing speculation that former President JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE could profit from the chaos: a total collapse may encourage his supporters to bring him back to power...
...unfortunately its new double CD is perhaps more experimental than inventive. The first part features instrumentals that draw on Latin pop and European classical traditions; the second features vocals influenced by art-rock, bolero and other genres. More than a few songs on this provocative collection have the power to enchant, yet this band surely has better albums in its future...