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...toast was made with orange juice and the greatest reluctance. For weeks, Slobodan Milosevic, president of Yugoslavia's largest republic, Serbia, had resisted the European Community's attempts to engineer a peaceful future for its neighboring republic, Croatia. Since Croatia declared independence from the Yugoslav federation on June 25, a brutal ethnic war has raged in its eastern region. Croatian security forces are pitted against rebel Serbian residents of the republic who want their homes and fields incorporated into an enlarged Serbia...
...began brandishing threats of Serbia's total isolation, complete with economic sanctions. Last week Milosevic finally followed Croatian President Franjo Tudjman's lead and signed on to an E.C. plan to monitor a cease-fire and moderate an all-party peace conference for war-torn Yugoslavia. Cornered into a toast, Milosevic said, "You always have to protect victims, and Serbs are victims in this case." Dutch Foreign Minister Hans van den Broek, who brokered the agreement on behalf of the Community, added an amendment to Milosevic's grudging salute: "All those who are being killed are victims; they...
...crowning moment at last week's Moscow meeting was the ceremonial toast between George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. The chosen potable: Summit Cuvee, a California sparkling wine made especially for the occasion. The bubbly blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir was made by the Iron Horse Vineyards in Sonoma County, Calif., just west of -- you guessed it -- the Russian River. Gary Walters, chief usher at the White House, serving as First Wine Taster, made the selection. "The Soviets enjoy a little more sugar in their sparkling wines," says Walters. So the White House asked the winery to sweeten three cases...
...French toast with hot syrup...
...French toast with hot syrup...