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...Chechen secession? A few voices call for letting regions historically forced into the Russian Federation go free, like the other pieces of the Soviet Empire. But the U.S. and West European governments acknowledged without question Russia's right to hold the country together. Analogies are never exact, but the rough equivalent of siding with the Chechens would be defending the right of heavily Mexican areas of South Texas or the Basque region of northern Spain to declare themselves independent nations...
True, the game at times seemed to be as rough as Monday's Bowl games, but the calls were often illogical. All this resulted in Harvard going to the line 22 times in the second half, an opportunity that it did not squander...
...Atlantic). Charged by rock 'n' roll but grounded in the blues, this quartet, based in Columbia, South Carolina, makes music with frat- party swagger, but the band's lyrics address such serious topics as the death of a parent and the racial implications of flying the Confederate flag. The rough, commanding voice of lead singer Darius Rucker, at left, makes it all work...
...somebody who likes to play rough with words, Newt Gingrich, the incoming Speaker of the House, can be counted on to make speaking a big part of the job. This, after all, is a man whose political-action committee once drew up a list of labels -- sick, pathetic, bizarre, insecure -- for Republican candidates to use against their opponents. But even Gingrich seems to be having second thoughts these days about the tone of the Republican revolution he is leading. Lately he has been arranging for members of Congress to hear talks by Morris Shechtman, a conservative management consultant and psychotherapist...
Many students had spent the entire night before in a caffeinated blizzard of rough draft cover letters and resumes...