Word: sit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...week was enough to infuriate Milosevic and to increase Serb pressure for a reprisal. On Jan. 15 it came: a massacre of 45 ethnic Albanian civilians by Serb security police outside the town of Racak. Furious, Albright engineered an ultimatum that NATO delivered to the Serbs and the Kosovars: sit down and sign a three-year autonomy agreement. To back it up, she would put 28,000 NATO peacekeepers, including 4,000 Americans, on the line. After weeks of talks in France, the Kosovar Albanians signed on March 18. Milosevic refused, saying he would not even consider allowing alien soldiers...
...flaunt decorative symbols of office or stage showy ceremonies and cares nothing for state protocol. But if he shirks the glamour of power, he still loves delicious moments of control. When foreign diplomats appear at his door, he glows as he picks the chairs on which they will sit...
...interloper in this genteel men's club. "For some of these owners, Milstein is one generation removed from a tailor," says a former NFL executive. There is a handful of Jewish owners in the NFL, but the Old Guard still controls the door. "Before they let Milstein sit in on the most exclusive club in America, they make sure he is the right kind of guy," says the executive. "For the owners, Milstein apparently...
...OCCUPATION: singer/Satan impersonator BEST PUNCH: Repeatedly apologized to fans for their having to sit through Love's set; after Love quit, said, "I think our fans will be a lot happier that they don't have to endure that hour and 15 minutes...
...fight I watched was in 1996, when I went to Madison Square Garden to see Riddick Bowe, a black American, fight Andrew Golota, who is a plumber in Poland. Early on, in a moment I can't really explain, I told my friend that it would be "fun to sit with the Polish people." For the next half hour we sang Polish songs and chanted Polish chants. Nationalism is a blast, even if it's not your own country...