Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last few days, politically and religiously affiliated groups--though sometimes the two labels seem identical--have been taking action against Yasir Arafat and his fledgling government. Events have ranged from demonstrations in front of the Western Wall of the Second Temple in Jerusalem to the killing of a civilian from East Jerusalem by a fanatic group called "The Sword of David...
...free. The stations, based in Munich for four decades, said the move would shore up their 1,500 employees' morale, but TIME State Department correspondent J.F.O. McAllister says few really want to leave their comfortable German surroundings. The Czechs, he adds, are only too happy to import a prestigious Western operation, especially this one: "All the intellectuals really loved Radio FreeEurope (when the Soviet empire held sway throughout the region) -- it was their lifeline."parpar
Fire season lit up again across the western U.S., swallowing tens of thousands of acres in California, Arizona, Nevada and seven other states. The most dramatic -- and costly -- of these blazes usually occur in the overbuiltcanyons of Southern California. This year is no exception: more than a dozen homes there have gone up in smoke as of tonight. parparparpar
...recalled from Europe several of its top case officers who were running highly sensitive penetrations of friendly governments, say intelligence sources. Convicted spy Aldrich Ames, the sources say, told investigators that he had revealed the European operations to Moscow. The CIA became concerned that Russia might inform Western governments, so the spies were withdrawn to head off scandal. The operatives were posing as businesspeople and would not have had diplomatic immunity had they been caught...
...mainly countries formerly in the East Bloc, it allows them to hold joint military exercises with NATO forces. Meanwhile, Russia and the U.S. also announced that President Boris Yeltsin and President Clinton will hold a summit in Washington in late September. And in a cementing of relations with other Western allies, Yeltsin signed a trade treaty with the European Union. The deal involves no direct subsidy but will enhance export prospects for Russia. European Commission President Jacques Delors termed the pact "the most global agreement that the E.U. has ever signed with another country...