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...with an independent press. Much of that promise came true, but lately it has receded again. The Russian press, for example, forcefully criticizes the government in ways undreamed of a few years ago. Russian television has made Chechyna a living-room war. As a result there has been a vehement backlash. All camps-bureaucrats, politicians, the military, entrepreneurs and criminals-seem to have declared open season on the press. Within the past seven months an investigative reporter and a prominent TV personality were assassinated. Reformers believe that the press is the last hope for democracy in Russia...
...work rules of the expired collective-bargaining agreement. So baseball was right back where it started last August, with the same old system in place and no sign of a new agreement. The distrust between union head Don Fehr and acting commissioner Bud Selig is still so vehement that they can't even agree on a mutual no-strike, no-lockout pledge for this season...
...attitude at Chili's pretty much sums it up.In a business world where only the strong survive,even the most vehement preservationists concedethat keeping the same bartender behind the counterof a chain restaurant is pretty much all that canbe done to maintain continuity...
...Monday, as anti-abortion groups got into the fray, the statistics became larger and the denials more vehement. The groups released a transcript of a 1978 hearing at which Foster was quoted as saying, "I have done a lot of amniocentesis and therapeutic abortions, probably near 700," Foster denied the statement...
...importance and effects of activism cannot be understated in cases such as this. As students, we must make sure that all of Harvard unites in a vocal and vehement movement to keep educational programs untouched by the budgetary axe. In time, congress might again be dominated by politicians friendly to the needs of students; the Republicans' short-term thinking could be their downfall...