Word: separatist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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First, The Crimson attempted to create controversy by implying that Ms. Clarke is a separatist. Of course, this attempt failed. I was thoroughly amused when The Crimson called for Ms. Clarke's resignation from the position of president of the BSA. This was met with a strong response form not only BSA members but other minority organizations and several Harvard graduates. After personally witnessing Ms. Clarke's consistently meeting and speaking with Hillel's president and her outward concern for Black-Jewish dialogue since her first year at the College, I found this last accusation strange indeed...
...numerous Cambridge Rindge and Latin graduates with whom Ms. Clarke worked day and night, helping them to research colleges and fill out the applications. Do not be surprised to find that many of these students are not Black. Such actions would hardly be characteristic of a racial separatist...
...resort island of Cavallo, off southern Corsica, at least three different explosive devices set off during the night caused extensive damage to 66 apartments and businesses owned mostly by mainland French residents and foreigners. No group claimed responsibility for the bombings, but authorities suspect separatist militants who have been seeking to end French rule over the Mediterranean island. No deaths or injuries were reported...
...wake of a war that has devastated the breakaway region, killed hundreds of civilians and fighters, and created more than 300,000 refugees, Yeltsin's declaration seemed more vacuous than victorious. General Jokhar Dudayev, the Chechen separatist leader, remained at large, and his fighters have vowed to continue their struggle in a mountainous country tailor-made for guerrilla warfare...
With his troops in semi-retreat after an unsuccessful push to end the calamitousChechnya rebellion, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered an end to air strikes that had laid waste to wide areas of the separatist republic's capital, Grozny. It was unclear whether Yeltsin's order, announced as he sent more crack Russian units toward the city, was a prelude to peace talks or a lull before a fresh ground assault. Yeltsin is facing renewed political opposition to the unpopular war at home and abroad. In Moscow, Grigory Yavlinsky, a leading reform lawmaker, called for his resignation. European criticism became...