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...Russians are going to win the civil war in Chechnya [Russia, Jan. 23]. Interference by other countries would prolong the time before an inevitable Russian victory and cause more deaths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 13, 1995 | 2/13/1995 | See Source »

...Russians are going to win the civil war in Chechnya [Jan. 23]. Interference by other countries would prolong the period before an inevitable Russian victory and cause more deaths and unnecessary suffering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WIRED DEMOCRACY | 2/13/1995 | See Source »

Supporters of Question 4, which would limit office terms, say elected officials should not be able to prolong their service indefinitely...

Author: By Manlio A. Goetzl, | Title: Voters Debate Ballot Questions | 10/12/1994 | See Source »

...suggesting that we prolong this process but I would like some time to think this through, as a new council member," Councillor Kathleen L. Born said...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Harvard Officials Endorse City Manager | 10/4/1994 | See Source »

...month, when they were defeated by the Tutsi-dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front, the Hutu soldiers spread rumors that the new government was killing Hutu civilians, igniting the panic that drove more than a million refugees across the border to Goma. Now, as an army in exile, these same men prolong the nightmare by discouraging their hungry, disease-ridden compatriots from returning home. Next, they defiantly vow to resume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Swagger of Defeat | 8/15/1994 | See Source »

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