Word: sierras
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Jackson also denounced the "double standard" the U.S. invokes when dealing with humanitarian disasters in Europe and Africa--intervening in Western conflicts, but not those on other continents. He compared the refugee crisis in Sierra Leone, an African nation which has been embroiled in a civil war for several years, to the one in Kosovo...
...tell you a tale of two continents," Jackson said, "Sierra Leone shares the horrors of Kosovo but not its hope. There is no public outcry against the violence, no commitment for aid to reconstruct the country...
Jackson also denounced the "double standard" the U.S. invokes when dealing with humanitarian disasters in Europe and Africa--intervening in Western conflicts, but not those on other continents. He compared the refugee crisis in Sierra Leone, an African nation which has been embroiled in a civil war for several years, to the one in Kosovo...
MOST GRACEFUL EXIT Mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade (8), at Sierra Nevada College, who sang Aaron Copeland's Simple Gifts...
...good publicity is a boon to Ford, which just three months ago was savaged by the greens over the introduction of the giant Excursion utility truck. The Sierra Club dubbed it the Ford Valdez, after the ill-fated oil tanker. The company's new attitude toward the environment reflects a slow shift throughout the industry toward greener machines. Yet the challenge remains: how to balance consumers' craving for size and speed with the need for clean air. At least this time, Ford did both...