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...Moscow, says a senior French official, "made a difficult and courageous choice" in choosing pragmatic cooperation with the West over emotional solidarity with Serbia. Though Chernomyrdin is reviled at home for kowtowing to the West, Russian diplomacy gained considerable credibility in allied capitals, where officials hope the process will strengthen wavering ties. But there is still a lot of fence mending to be done. Russians in the policy elite and on the street now regard the alliance as a sinister force bent on aggression: "Who is next after Yugoslavia?" is not just a rhetorical question...
Beth and Miriam say they are not sure how their paths will intersect in the future. Beth says she definitely wants to live in Israel, Miriam is not as sure. But both agree that their shared experiences at Harvard have helped strengthen their relationship...
...opening its purse just a little wider and pouring some millions into addressing student concerns: freezing tuition levels at current rates for the next few years; improving student facilities, such as the woefully backward Malkin Athletic Center; hiring more professors to lower the student- faculty ration and continuing to strengthen the financial aid program...
...said the committee will be examining howbest to strengthen the links between theUniversity and HIID by, for example, putting moreHIID professors who have had first-hand experiencein the classroom...
...December, emboldening it to face down a president whose autocratic constitutional power includes the right to summarily dissolve parliament and call new elections. "For the Communists, it's convenient to have a confrontation with Yeltsin in which he dissolves the Duma," says Zarakhovich. "It will make them heroes and strengthen their chances of being reelected...