Word: westernness
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Though the FBI has been worried that the scene at Justus could become a magnet for armed fringe groups, representatives of the self-proclaimed militias around the Western states have also been denouncing the Freemen as ordinary criminals. "Those people are crooks," says Bob Wright, who leads a militia unit in New Mexico. "This is not a militia issue...
When the Iron Curtain fell in 1989, both the United States and Western Europe celebrated the beginning of a new era. Seven years later, economic realities have transformed much of the initial joy into uneasiness; there have been similar developments in Asia. Despite the increased opportunities these new emerging markets and peoples offer, they have also increased competition dramatically. International trade, previously heavily regulated and dominated by informal agreements and long-term relationships, has opened to fierce worldwide competition. The low wages and social security costs combined with a hard-working workforce in the emerging markets have initiated a somewhat...
...indicted for crimes against humanity in connection with the massacre of Muslims in 1993, turned himself in to the war crimes tribunal in the Netherlands on Monday. TIME's Alexandra Stiglmayer says Blaskic's surrender was orchestrated by the Croatian government only after a steady stream of Western pressure and threats to withhold loans and aid. "The situation right now is Croatia will send all indicted criminals to the Hague. The government has set them up with Croatia's best lawyer and they are trying to work out deals for them." Stiglmayer says it is unclear whether the government...
...brochure picture of diversity. There are four of us: a Jew, a black, an Asian and a caucasian. But our diversity is not as deep as it may seem. Three of us are from New York City and attended elite private and public schools. The other is from rural western Pennsylvania. I have learned more from my Pennsylvanian roommate in discussions about small town life, sports and ambitions, than I have from my other two roommates...
...indicted for crimes against humanity in connection with the massacre of Muslims in 1993, turned himself in to the war crimes tribunal in the Netherlands on Monday. TIME's Alexandra Stiglmayer says Blaskic's surrender was orchestrated by the Croatian government only after a steady stream of Western pressure and threats to withhold loans and aid. "The situation right now is Croatia will send all indicted criminals to the Hague. The government has set them up with Croatia's best lawyer and they are trying to work out deals for them." Stiglmayer says it is unclear whether the government...