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...effort to stem crime. Turning to the well-tested tactic of seeking a scapegoat, he fired Moscow police chief Vladimir Pankratov and city chief prosecutor Gennadi Ponomaryov for failing to "provide proper organization" to deal with "grave crimes." He chaired a meeting of the Security Council, which issued a stern warning: the continued activities of organized crime were "discrediting state powers" and "threatening the security of Russia...
Buchanan, a deeply conservative Catholic who was imbued early on with religiosity by his stern father, according to his autobiography, can still be as outrageous as he was in the 1992 campaign. But now, in the Republican field of 1996, so can his competitors. "It's a very different case this year," he told TIME. "There are other people out there who are basically saying things I agree with." The difference is that Buchanan believes he is a soldier in the "war for America's soul." He knows he probably won't win the presidency-his is a "long, long...
...Attorney Donald Stern and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are now investigating the robbery, because banks are protected by federal law, the Associated Press said. Victor T. Chen
Those speaking recalled Griswold, who died on November 19 at age 90, as a stern but caring mentor and friend...
...primary architect of this myth was Leopold, the stern violinist and teacher from Augsburg who knew at once that to him had been given charge of music's greatest talent. Leopold may not have been the first stage father, but he defined the type, dragging the young Wolfgang and his nearly as virtuosic elder sister Nannerl through Europe to secure not only his son's reputation but the family's fortunes as well...