Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could no longer protect him or Kinshasa from Laurent Kabila's advancing rebel army, President Mobutu Sese Seko quietly gave up power and fled the capital Friday morning. After 32 years as the head of a kleptocracy that looted the vast natural wealth of a country the size of Western Europe, Mobutu returned to his palatial home at Gbadolite in northern Zaire. He reportedly will fly within the next few days to Morocco. Concluding that the government's ragged army will not be able to hold off Kabila's forces, now reportedly less than 25 miles from Kinshasa, scores...
...finally settle the bitter property dispute which has raged between Croats and Serbs since the area was recaptured by the government in 1995, TIME's Alexandra Stiglmayer says the decree is not likely to change anything. "The Croatian government has in the past habit to promise a lot under Western pressure but not really do it. The way they have blocked Serbs in the past is to erect bureaucratic obstacles that are so huge it is almost impossible to return. For example, you have to prove you have relatives in Croatia, that you lived in Croatia before and that...
...many doctors acknowledge, there is a solid core of good sense in Weil's preaching. He's trying to integrate the best of Western medicine with respected older medical traditions, such as those of China and India. Perhaps his wisest counsel is that we take greater responsibility for our own well-being. That's good advice, no matter who's dispensing...
...covering major wars (and not a few small ones) and documenting the lives of statesmen and ordinary citizens. Next week the Israeli government will honor his work with its prestigious Israel Prize for lifetime achievement. Perhaps his most memorable photograph is one of young Israeli paratroopers at Jerusalem's Western Wall in 1967, just minutes after fighting had ceased. It quickly became an emblem of Israel's stunning victory...
...then, Halmi isn't aiming to see his productions deconstructed in Western Civ classes. In an era when TV is steeped in realism, Halmi's intent is to create lavish spectacles. Like his endlessly hyped 1994 mini-series Scarlett, the non-Margaret Mitchell-written sequel to Gone With the Wind, for which he conducted a $1 million worldwide search to find a star (ultimately actress Joanne Whalley-Kilmer), The Odyssey has been promoted with endless TV ads, a tie-in book and a Website game. The movie's budget went largely to transporting hundreds of cast and crew members...