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...prepared for this moment, and a part of him despaired of standing at the center of it. But as he stepped onto the balcony of Belgrade's city hall last Thursday night, with the parliament building smoldering nearby and thousands of supporters gathered in the darkness beneath him, Vojislav Kostunica surely felt the weight of history. He still had to say something, summon words that could calm the restive crowd in Belgrade as much as inspire them. How would he describe the revolution that had just unfolded? What could he say to assure them that after 13 years of repression...
...patched in to her cabin. O'Brien was looking at "the most dramatic pictures" he'd seen on the screen in a long time, he told her. Albright scribbled notes on a pad and rushed to the back of the plane where reporters traveling with her sat. Opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica must now "be recognized as President," she said excitedly. Albright hurried to her forward cabin to phone other foreign ministers. She had taken flak for being so bellicose in Central Europe. Seeing its last dictator toppled might be her final prize as Secretary of State. It probably wouldn...
...political apparat, went up in flames as protesters tossed Milosevic's doctored ballots out the windows. Then state television, main prop of the regime, went black as protesters broke in the front door while police fled out the back. Then the official news agency switched its allegiance to Vojislav Kostunica, the unassuming constitutional lawyer whose election Milosevic was trying to steal. Riot police doffed their helmets and threw down plastic shields to join the insurrectionist carnival. Army troops sat quietly in their barracks. By nightfall, Milosevic had nothing left to sustain his rule...
...that's the only legacy Vojislav Kostunica leaves behind after his 18 months in office, it will count as a historic contribution to European stability. For Serbs, Kostunica has already secured his place in history by defeating Milosevic and giving power back to the people. But by rising to the moment, above all expectations, Kostunica gave something to the rest of the world too. He reminded us that a humble man can still become a hero...
...have looked like a revolution, but last week?s ouster of Slobodan Milosevic was not quite the decisive break with the past implied by that term - as President Vojislav Kostunica is discovering, at his expense. Parties that made up Milosevic?s ruling coalition pulled out of talks with Kostunica on Wednesday, warning that they?d only return when a campaign to strip appointees of the old regime of their positions in the bureaucracy is halted. And that could be a serious problem for Kostunica, who lacks the parliamentary majority necessary to form a government unless he can persuade Milosevic...