Word: russias
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Despite Putin's tough talk, Oslo was not good for Moscow's new boy on the block. "In Russia he's perceived to have lost face because of Clinton's strong words on Chechnya," says Meier. "More important, Moscow was cut out of the all-important discussions in Oslo on the Middle East peace process. So while Chechnya has boosted his claims as a tough disciplinarian who can do the job at home, Russians are starting to doubt whether he can cut it as an international statesman." And that's a fact that hasn't escaped Boris Yeltsin, who returned...
Abramian has no family in the United States and has not told any of his relatives in Russia that he is homeless. They would wonder, he says, why he bothered to come to America just to be homeless...
...Rodham using his pull to line his own pocket? Rodham says he had no money invested in IBN, although he was paid by Prescott, a Florida hotel owner, for his work on the company's behalf. "I called the Russia desk at the White House, at the NSC, as anybody in this country can do," said Rodham in an interview. But is it possible his request was treated differently from the way it might have been if his name were, say, Jones? Indeed, another prominent American working in Russia relations, who asked not to be named, made a similar call...
...slicked finger, but it still became a No. 1 best seller, something her poetry collection (despite Johnny Carson's best efforts) never did. Even bread-loving France has had a best-selling high-protein diet book, Eat Yourself Slim by Michel Montignac, and Poland has the Optimal Nourishment plan. Russia would have one too if it had meat...
Charles Krauthammer is correct in thinking America's intervention in humanitarian crises such as the one in East Timor [ESSAY, Sept. 27] is dictated by the importance attached to the transgressor in terms of foreign policy. It seems as if nations such as Russia, China and Indonesia literally get away with murder. By that token, what can be read into the apathy shown toward Africa's humanitarian crises? None of the transgressors can be considered "important" in that context, so why have America and the rest of the world shown scant interest in the suffering of the innocent civilians...