Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...loan, which carried an interest rate of about 20%. The Clintons remained oblivious to Whitewater's true financial picture, as shown in a letter Hillary sent to McDougal in the fall of 1981, along with a signed loan-renewal form: "If Reaganomics works at all, Whitewater could become the western hemisphere's mecca. Give our regards to Susan and we to hope to visit soon...
...lives inhaling carbon monoxide through a mask in a Detroit apartment provided by controversial doctor. Kevorkian's second acquittal in two years saved him from possible sentences of up to four years on each of the two counts.China Threatens TaiwanTAIWAN: In a move calculated to increase tensions in the western Pacific, the Chinese military launched three M-9 ballistic missiles into waters near the ports of Kaohsiung and Keelung early Friday morning. The missiles were the first of a series of tests announced by the Chinese government on Tuesday, and are scheduled to continue until March 15th. Beijing called...
Despite SLORC's atrocious human rights record, some might argue that Western investment ultimately helps the people. There are good reasons to believe this is not true, especially in the case of PepsiCo. Foreign investment is heavily taxed in Burma, such that considerable revenue goes directly to the government. PepsiCo's Burmese partners are known to have close SLORC ties. Burmese law specifies that any foreign corporation employing more than five Burmese must hire only from a government-supplied list, thus eliminating the possibility that Burma's democrats might benefit from the presence of the multi-nationals...
Striking parallels exist between the legacy of Nazi Germany and the heritage of the Confederacy and its rebel flag. The Confederacy's struggle to preserve the "peculiar institution" of slavery was an attempt to resist the democratic ideals sweeping the Western world. While other enlightened nations were rejecting the barbarity of human bondage, the South still clung to the remnants of a shameful past. Likewise, Nazi Germany's visions of world conquest and racial purity were a return to the savageness of the Dark Ages...
Dudayev: A journalist asked me whether I planned to march on Moscow, so I said, Why not march into Western Europe then? Countries there want to reap material rewards from Russia by looking the other way. We are shedding our blood so they can get their hands into Russia's pockets...