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...Yeltsin made may have been the worst: his decision to teach the rebellious little region a lesson. After losing Eastern Europe and 14 former Soviet republics, Russia would bend no more. To revive the country's pride and show other restive nationalities what happens to secessionists, Yeltsin decided to slap down the Chechens. He thought it would be easy to whip the backward province of 1.2 million into line and earn himself a much needed boost in popularity. Instead he marched his army into a humiliating, bloody...
...initial government decision to send troops to Chechnya. "The country is in crisis," said one, reformer Boris Fyodorov, joining a unanimous call for a special commission to probe the war. Still, the Deputies rejected a limit on President BorisYeltsin's power to run the military offensive, and -- in a slap at widely criticized Defense Minister Pavel Grachev -- ordered the army's general staff to report directly to Yeltsin...
...direct funding of ROTC by the University. Instead, the program would be funded by a pool of money contributed by alumni. While this plan is certainly preferable to the elimination of ROTC on campus, the severing of direct ties between the University and ROTC is a slap in the face to all who serve in America's military...
...appears that the B.U. game served as something of a slap in the face to most Crimson players, a game that "we knew we could learn something from," says Coughlin...
...noises, industrial rumbling and bells ringing may start to freak you out after a while. Wah Wah is not ear candy, like much of Laid; it's meant to get inside your head, and that may be a bit more than you're in the market for when you slap down your money...