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...parallels with Milosevic's earlier wars are unsettling. An estimated 15,000 heavily armed Yugoslav troops are already stationed in the republic. That includes a battalion of elite, well-paid soldiers selected for their loyalty to Milosevic. As in Slovenia and Croatia a decade ago, the Montenegrin government is training and arming an equal number of police to counter the army's threat. In regions such as the northern town of Kolasin, 19 miles from the Serbian border, the two armed sides are taking each other's measure. "If there is a war, we will have no other choice...
Such efforts have paid off in a big way. According to U.N. head counters, the average number of children produced per couple in the developing world--a figure that reached a whopping 4.9 earlier this century--has plunged to just 2.7. In many countries, including Spain, Slovenia, Greece and Germany, the fertility rate is well below 1.5, meaning parents are producing 25% fewer offspring than would be needed to replace themselves--in effect, throwing the census into reverse. A little more than 30 years ago, global population growth was 2.04% a year, the highest in human history. Today...
...Crimson will have to overcome some injuries and suspect defensive play that's been brought out in practices and an exhibition match versus Slovenia. A young team, loaded with height and talent but lacking experience, the Crimson has led Delaney-Smith to criticize the team defense over the last week...
...failing to name the leaders of countries like India and Pakistan. Bush argued in defense that the names are less relevant than his policies toward them. But the quiz was as much a test of his political radar as of his foreign-policy smarts: ever since he confused Slovenia and Slovakia and called the Greeks Grecians, he should have known it was only a matter of time before someone administered a midterm exam. And at other moments during the week, when he veered off text, the words just sort of floated out there, untied to any actual ideas. The implicit...
...know Lee Teng-hui's full name, we can see that he scored a disappointing 25 percent on that little pop quiz. His academic record in this particular case would actually overestimate the extent of his knowledge, a revelation that can be buttressed by his recent confusion of Slovenia and Slovakia and inability to distinguish a Greek from a Grecian. (Bradley, on the other hand, was smart enough to refuse to play the game when queried by Hiller...