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Fears are widespread that Moscow is creating a pretext for a military crackdown by inflaming unrest in the South Ossetian Autonomous Region, an ethnic enclave created for the Ossetians as a reward for their political loyalty after the Bolsheviks took control of the republic in 1921. Last September, as the rest of Georgia was moving toward independence, the South Ossetian regional council declared the area to be a "Soviet Democratic Republic" loyal to Moscow. The parliament in Tbilisi responded by dissolving the autonomous region altogether. Conflicts between the Georgian police and local separatists have resulted in at least 12 deaths...
...scheme, Iraq would pull out of most of Kuwait but keep the southern part of the rich Rumaila oil field and the islands of Bubiyan and Warba, which would allow unimpeded access to the Persian Gulf. Bush and the U.S. allies have branded partial withdrawal unacceptable, since it would reward Saddam for aggression. But, says Michael Dewar, deputy director of London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, that move "paralyzes Washington's military option." It would be difficult if not impossible to justify a war costing thousands of casualties for such a small sliver of territory. Moreover, since that sliver...
...There can be no reward for aggression. Nor will there be any negotiation. Principle cannot be compromised. However, by its full compliance, Iraq will gain the opportunity to rejoin the international community...
...faculty members feared that the program would require an inordinate number of professors and that tutors would have to spend too much time in the classroom, Armstrong says. In response to these problems, Medical School Dean Daniel C. Tosteson '44 promised a "clinician educator track," she says, which would reward professors who choose to invest large amounts of time teaching...
...lowers his voice so much it is hard to hear him. He looks again at the Amnesty International report. "No question," he says. "You do not placate an aggressor. You do not reward aggression. There's a lot of historical precedent to look at on this...