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...conflict in an informed and intelligent manner. The Russian government may be concerned about creating a favorable image before Yelstin's successor is elected next year, and it may be concerned with regaining lost pride after a decade of impotence. But, as citizens of a nation that purports to uphold democratic ideals, the Russian people have a right to the truth about what is happening in Chechnya...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: The Truth in Chechnya | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Gates: In terms of discussing the details of a settlement, I can't do that. Our behavior has been totally fair. We're quite confident that the legal process will uphold our view...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Gates: They're Trying to Change the Rules | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

Supreme Court should uphold fees as vehicle for free speech...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Fees Provide Forum | 11/17/1999 | See Source »

...Supreme Court precedent, White stated, would allow a new trial or sentencing if there was a "reasonable probability" of a different outcome had the defense lawyers not shredded their credibility at the outset. "While I share the majority's horror at this carnage," White wrote, "I cannot uphold this as an acceptable standard of representation for a defendant accused of capital murder...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Political (and Other) Casualties in Missouri | 11/16/1999 | See Source »

...diplomatic triumph for the aging Cuban strongman, because it represented an explicit repudiation of the embargo maintained by eight successive U.S. presidents. The summit's draft declaration in fact contains a strong critique of the Helms-Burton law by which the U.S. seeks to force other countries to uphold its embargo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Havana Hoedown Confronts Both Castro and U.S. | 11/16/1999 | See Source »

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