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Despite the miserable conditions for balloting, the U.S. asserts it is better to have a sham vote than no vote at all. "There are two ways to approach the elections," says Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, John Kornblum. "You can approach them idealistically, as an exercise in pure democracy. Or you can view them as a building block in a flawed but so far very successful peace process." Some observers are less optimistic. Says Richard Holbrooke, the architect of the Dayton accords: "Suppose a reasonably free and fair election chooses people who are pledged to separatism, when...
...special case anyway. "I don't like to rave about a 15-year-old," Collins said after the Novotna match, "but the new Martina is a real tennis player. She came to net more this afternoon than Monica Seles has in her whole career. Unlike Capriati, who relied on pure power, Martina has a sophisticated game that is only going to get stronger. Her mom may be a great teacher, but this girl has a sense of the court that can't be taught. I have just seen the future of tennis, and it's thrilling...
...Gilda Radner and John Belushi proved their worth as sketch artists who could inhabit weird, endearing characters while running wild laps around them. Then they exiled themselves into big-screen junk where they looked forlorn and their talents were cramped. Ninety minutes of Doctor Detroit offered a lot less pure Aykroyd than five minutes of his Nixon on S.N.L...
...season, pure and simple. The defending Ivy League champion finished 6-8-3 overall, 3-4 in the league and was treated like a doormat by the end of the campaign...
...season, pure and simple. The defending Ivy League champion finished 6-8-3 overall, 3-4 in the league and was treated like a doormat by the end of the campaign...