Word: warsaw
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Palestinian state finds itself in a situation much like those of the oligarchical, under-developed states of the Warsaw Pact only four years ago. Unfortunately, the Palestinians have little to attract foreign interest in their future. With few skilled workers, continuing social unrest, and a nation spread out over several territories, it's no wonder that General Electric and AT&T aren't flocking to Jericho as they did to Budapest and Prague...
Sober Poles gave Bill Clinton a subdued greeting on his arrival in Warsaw today, following the president's earlier warm embrace by a celebratory crowd in Latvia. The distinctly different reactions were symptomatic of the moods in the two countries. Poland is undergoing a period of political bickering and some disenchantment following its emergence from communism, while the Baltic Republics are still enjoying a boom following their more recent release from decades of central economic planning. In a tip of his hat to the Baltic success, Clinton announced a U.S. fund that would invest in the small but growing economies...
...watches her bedroom from the street, Dominique makes adulterous love and, when he calls, moans her infidelity into the phone. Before he can hang up, the phone company steals his last two francs. Karol tucks himself into his only suitcase and escapes France as airplane luggage. On arrival in Warsaw, his case is swiped by thieves who beat Karol when they find him inside. "Home at last," he murmurs...
Even with the disintegration of the Warsaw Pact, the U.S. cannot divest itself of interest in NATO in order to concentrate on the Americas. It would be wonderful if the local hegemons in every region of the world would take care of their area's particular problems, but it doesn't always work out that way. "Standing up for what's right" isn't what the Europeans are best at, historically speaking. At this point, it looks like the U.S. will have to lead the way in Bosnia and in Haiti...
When I flew from New York to Warsaw on Lot Police Airlines two years ago, I learned what a truly bad flight--a flight that should have been stopped on the ground out of mercy--really...