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Sides Call For Calm In Kosovo Appeal Aims to End Attacks on Serbs By Peter Finn Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, July 3, 1999; Page A01 PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, July 2—Leaders of Kosovo's ethnic Albanian and Serbian communities appealed today for an end to the violent revenge-taking by ethnic Albanians that continues to plague this battered province three weeks after the arrival of NATO peacekeepers. The call for calm, issued at the urging of the U.N. representative here, came only after seven hours of squabbling over wording to satisfy each side's sense of its suffering. The haggling highlighted the deep mistrust ...

The Fourth of July http://www.jewishworldreview.com -- THE FOURTH OF JULY is more than the commemoration of America's independence. It commemorates the beginning not only of a new country, but of a new kind of society, in which the common man achieved a degree of freedom and opportunity undreamed of in any other country before. That is why the emergence of America attracted international attention and the war which led to American independence was begun with what was aptly called "the shot heard round the world." The echoes of that shot continue to be heard around the world to this day. ...

Friday July 2 11:24 PM ET American Bald Eagle Off Endangered List - Clinton By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The American bald eagle is no longer endangered but still apparently free-spirited, as President Clinton learned Friday, when an eagle named Challenger took a nip at his hand at a White House ceremony. Clinton and Challenger were together for an event to proclaim the expected removal of the eagle, a U.S. national symbol, from the endangered species list after 32 years. The regal-looking bird, too accustomed to humans to survive in the wild, was drafted for the well-scripted pre-Independence Day ...

  "We Need a Renewal of Spirit in this Country" Distinguished Visitor Series Schreiner College Governor George W. Bush Prepared Remarks April 10, 1996; Kerrville, Texas In this distinguished lecture delivered in Kerrville, Texas, on April, 10, 1996, and broadcast live on radio, Governor Bush explained his philosophy of compassionate conservatism and why he believes it offers more opportunity for all. Your invitation to speak here is a rare opportunity. It gives me a chance to more fully discuss why I believe as I do, the rationale and the reasons for the conservative philosophy that is the foundation for ...

Trent Lott wants to negotiate on gun control. Bob Smith does not. The conservative Smith and moderate Lott are headed for a showdown over what, if any, gun control legislation the Senate will consider in mid-July. Smith threatens to hold up legislative business if negotiations are opened with the House on new gun control restrictions. Threat or no threat, Lott said Thursday, negotiators will be appointed and the process will begin. ``At some point, you have to go forward,'' Lott, R-Miss., told reporters at a news conference. He promised ``to talk to Senator Smith about how we go to ...

For Editorial and discussion use only: No. 638 July 6, 1999 THE U.S.--CHINA RELATIONSHIP: TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION THE HONORABLE BARBARA HACKMAN FRANKLIN Link to: | PDF (125k) | HERITAGE FOUNDATION LECTURE held on June 22, 1999 Produced by Lectures and Educational Programs Published by The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Ave., N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002-4999 (202) 546-4400 http://www.heritage.org ISSN 0272-1155 If the most imaginative fiction writer had set about writing a script for the U.S.-China relationship during the past year--from June 1998 until June 1999--he or she would have had to stretch to dream up what has actually happened. ...

0307 GMT, 990703 Russia/Belarus – Russian Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin said June 2 that the Belarus/Russian Union treaty is "practically ready" but that Russia must still realistically weigh the consequences of such a union, which he hoped would be completed by the end of July. Stepashin said he would report to Russian President Boris Yeltsin that all the necessary work is complete for the treaty to be signed. Stepashin had no comment when asked about Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko’s statements that his country was ready to sign the union treaty anytime. 0256 GMT, 990703 Russia/Yugoslavia – Speaking at a joint ...

In February, the Virginia House of Delegates voted 95-5 to approve a bill urging federal recognition of the Rappahannock Indian tribe and seven others, but not before several unidentified members of the House began accompanying the debate with imitation tom-tom beats on their desks. Rappahannock representatives were in the gallery and were not amused.

For Editorial and Discussion use only: Clinton mum on South Korean missile Saturday, 3 July 1999 3:04 (GMT) (NOTE: pvs seoul; adds meeting, quotes, details) (UPI Focus) Clinton mum on South Korean missile By PAUL BASKEN WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) - President Clinton hosted South Korean President Kim Dae Jung for their third summit in 16 months, offering more U.S. warnings against renewed North Korean military threats but avoiding a commitment on Kim's bid to boost the South Korean arsenal. Kim nevertheless took comfort in the symbolism of the meeting, declaring alongside Clinton in the Oval Office, "I do hope ...

Hello, As we are nearing the end of the year 2000, I thought it may be good to pause for a moment to recognize the good that President Clinton has accomplished. A balanced budget, years of prosperity and economic growth and an unlikely victory (of a sort) in Kosovo. We should demand a similar performance from the next President, whether Democrat or Republican, and expect a more honorable character and less reckless behavior. David Mathews' Home Page Thanks, David Mathews

This July 4th we celebrate once again the beginning of an amazing venture - the American experiment in ordered liberty. In the conflict and tumult of politics today it is easy to forget the spirit of 1776 and the ideas on which this nation was founded. We must not. Two revolutions contend for the American soul. The first exploded onto the world stage when Thomas Jefferson's quill touched parchment. The American Revolution was already in motion, of course. But it soared to majestic heights when the men of the Continental Congress declared this country and its citizens capable of ...

Today Rush kept trying to figure out why George W is so popular. Too bad neither him nor his listeners came up with the answer.The reason is not because he is so different from Gore, or because he is like Reagan(what a joke), or because he is running behind a solid conservative agenda(a bigger joke).The real reason W is so popular is because he is just like Clinton but with morals.If you think I am wrong get a copy of W presidential announcement speech,almost identical to the FELONINCHIEF's speeches. Even the FELONINCHIEF noted the similarity.Ironically, Clinton's legacy is Safe, we ...

Early Warning By Gregory R. Copley Life in the Great Hereafter: It’s Not a Picnic We were the first to warn, in the late 1980s, that the Cold War was coming to an end. Well, even before that: my colleague, Dr Stefan Possony, indicted in the early 1970s that demographic and other trends pointed to a collapse of the USSR in the early 1990s. We also said that there was no “peace dividend” to be spent at the end of the Cold War — but like an anticipated tax return check, it was spent anyway — and certainly no ...

"If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged!" - Patrick Henry This weekend is one more memorial to the past. It is one more day to avoid work, barbecue, or go camping. Many will ooh and ah at the time honored tradition of fireworks in city parks or over rivers. Why? Indeed, we hope that your Independence Day is grand and good, and that each of you enjoy it, have fun, get close, eat well, and ...

When first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton flies to Upstate New York Wednesday to formally begin her Senate exploratory campaign, she'll be riding on the first big controversy of the nascent campaign: a gleaming blue-and-white Air Force passenger jet. A candidacy without precedent in history is raising murky ethical questions. The first lady's military travel – which White House officials say is a security requirement and Republicans are protesting as an illegitimate government subsidy – is only the most prominent example. Aides to the first lady say they have been studying long-established rules about what political activities are allowed by ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of Americans getting married has dropped to a 40-year-low as divorce and changing attitudes have replaced ``I do'' with ``I won't,'' researchers said Friday. A study by Rutgers University's National Marriage Project found that Americans have not given up on marriage as an ideal, but statistics show a precipitous drop since 1960 in the number of couples who actually walk down the aisle. ``The institution of marriage is in serious trouble,'' said David Popenoe, who co-wrote the study, ``The State of Our Unions: The Social Health of Marriage in America,'' with Barbara Dafoe ...

For Editorial and Discussion use only: U.S. Congressional Panel OKs China Trade Status WASHINGTON, Jul 2, 1999 -- (Reuters) A powerful U.S. congressional committee on Thursday backed President Bill Clinton's decision to renew trade ties with China despite spying allegations and human rights concerns. The vote by the House Ways and Means Committee was a victory for Clinton, who is eager to renew Beijing's normal-trade-relations status for another year. NTR, which used to be called most-favored-nation trade status, gives China the same low-tariff access to U.S. markets enjoyed by nearly every other country. But Clinton's fight is far from over. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative leader Paul Weyrich endorsed presidential candidate Steve Forbes on Friday, giving the Republican hopeful a boost in his bid to court voters from the party's right wing. ``Other candidates appear to be more closely aligned with the social issues positions I have taken, but in the end what matters is who can deliver on these issues if elected,'' Weyrich said in a statement given to The Associated Press. ``I have concluded that Forbes is in a better position to deliver than even the most ardently committed social conservative candidates.'' Weyrich runs the Free Congress Foundation, a ...

There may be a revolt brewing in America. It seems to be happening in that part of America so mysterious to the political and news-media elite -- the areas that surround, like interstellar space, the elitist strongholds in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. There was a hint in Utah a year or so ago when audience members at a school event defiantly sang a song that some federal judge had commanded that they could not sing. More recently, on the East Coast, a group of parents and students decided to pray in defiance of a court order. ...

3 earthquakes in Pacific Northwest in less than 24 hours.July 1 10 pm 3.0 Southwest Washington Morning July 2 - 5.7 off Vancouver Island, British Columbia 6:35 pm July 2nd Satsop - SW Washington 5.1 located on the Juan de Fuca fault