Word: regionally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While many Southerners call themselves "yellow dog Democrats," meaning they would sooner vote for a yellow dog than any Republican, the region has gradually swung behind the GOP in presidential elections...
...Canfield, who owned land nearby, sold his property to the Wyoming, Idaho & Montana Railroad. The railroad wanted to name the new outpost for Canfield, but the declined, mischievously suggesting Harvard as a replacement, according to Keith Petersen, an editor at the Washington State University Press who has studied the region...
...equal its strength as it passes over warm water, the National Hurricane Center said. Hugo caused almost $8 billion in damage and killed 35 people in the Caribbean and the East Coast, with most of the damage in South Carolina. The Federal Emergency Management Agency sent crews to the region, equipped with cots, tents, generators, blankets, food and other supplies. In Cape Canaveral, NASA moved space shuttle Atlantis back into its hangar and delayed its September 14 mission by at least two days. Georgia Governor Zell Miller declared a state of emergency for 11 counties. -- Josh Dubow
...fall far short of a return to a peace process that was slow moving even before Netanyahu's government took over," Beyer says. "From Netanyahu's point of view, considering his psychology and previous pronouncements, sitting down with Arafat is a huge step, but from the standpoint of the region, the fuss over the meeting can't be seen as anything but a step backwards. For an Israeli Prime Minister to see talks with a Palestinian leader as a big deal is ridiculous. The peace talks are so far behind where they were when Netanyahu took over, that seeing this...
...forces launched missiles into Iraq in retaliation for attacks on Kurd cities, the Kurds remain just as far from realizing their fleeting dream of statehood and continue to be used as pawns in the larger political maneuverings of the region. An estimated 20 million Kurds live in the mountainous regions where the borders of Syria, Turkey, Iran and Iraq meet. The 2,000-year Kurd history has been plagued by feuds and infighting that have left Kurds, the world's largest ethnic group that has been unable to achieve statehood, vulnerable to outside meddling. Throughout this century, the Kurds have...