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...Bosnian government remained wary that the lines of a military standstill might solidify into national boundaries, leaving the Serbs holding the 70% of the country they occupy now. "If we proclaim a cease-fire without time limits," said Mufid Memija, an adviser to Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic, "it is a recognition of occupation." He may be right. "We are going to keep putting pressure on the Bosnian government to agree to a cease- fire in place and say it doesn't determine the final boundaries," a U.S. official admits. "But in effect it probably will...
...recounted by Mack in his new book Abduction (Scribners), the result of his study of scores of "experiencers," people who he believes have come in contact with extraterrestrial visitors. The striking similarity of their memories and Mack's academic reputation have led UFO believers to proclaim Abduction as the most important step yet in scientifically validating abduction experiences. A 1991 Roper poll found that 4 million people have had at least some abduction- related experiences, such as seeing unusual lights or missing time. "Until John came along, there wasn't enough credibility for this subject to support a methodological investigation...
Kissinger, a European refugee who read Metternich more avidly than Jefferson, is unabashedly in the realist camp. "No other nation," he writes, "has ever rested its claim to international leadership on its altruism." Other Americans might proclaim this as a point of pride; when Kissinger says it, his attitude seems that of an anthropologist examining a rather unsettling tribal ritual. The practice of basing policy on ideals rather than interests, he points out, can make a nation seem dangerously unpredictable...
...grisly threat, replayed over and over on South Korean television, was a sharp reminder of the acrimony growing between North Korea and most of the world after Pyongyang once again refused to submit to international nuclear inspection. The North cranked up its noisy propaganda machine to proclaim the Korean peninsula on "the brink of war" and pointedly reminded the U.S. not to forget that 54,246 American soldiers died in the Korean...
...case "Thelma and Louise" wasn't enough to do it, this movie will once again question how anyone can proclaim Julia Roberts the actress of her generation with Geena Davis for transcendent beauty in this movie, the intangible radiance that distinguishes "stars" from run-of-the mill actresses...