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...high of 200,000 in 1990. Most of the time the policy was extremely restrictive, in line with a tradition of suspicion and fear of the outside world that goes back to czarist times and was carried to terrifying heights by Joseph Stalin. During his reign, not a few Soviet citizens were imprisoned or even shot because of unauthorized contacts with foreigners...
...latest effort to mediate the conflict was sparked by what appears to be the imminent collapse of Lieut. Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam's regime. Mengistu, whose 14-year reign of terror rivals that of Saddam Hussein, has been written off before, only to survive. But since late April, when Tigrean- led Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front guerrillas pushed as far south as Ambo, putting almost all of northern Ethiopia in rebel hands, the consensus has been that Mengistu is a goner. "It brought home that the 30- year seesaw of rebel victories and then government victories had irretrievably dipped...
Although it would be premature to write off the Crimson for the season, Sunday's third-place finish in the 46th annual Eastern Sprints in Worcester extended the Crimson's winless streak to three and broke the team's three-year reign as Sprints champion...
...Give the customers what they want" -- for more than a decade, NBC Entertainment chairman Brandon Tartikoff followed that ancient maxim with awesome consistency. Such small-screen phenoms as L.A. Law, Cheers and The Cosby Show entered American living rooms and hearts during King Brandon's reign, transforming NBC from a Johnny Carson joke into the industry powerhouse. NBC has led the networks in the annual ratings regatta since 1985, but this year's margin of victory (over No. 2 ABC) was as thin as a soap opera's plot...
...course it's all Bush's fault, since he "left them to die." It's all Bush's fault, since the "United States caused a revolt." Let's not look at the underlying causes of the revolt (i.e., Saddam's ruthless reign). It's all Bush's fault that we devastated the Iraqi army. Let's not put any blame on the man who invaded Kuwait, mutilated its people and failed to respond to our ample warnings...