Burma's PR offensive

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Burma's State Law and Order Restoration Council (Slorc), the military junta that rules the country, has begun a new public relations effort to improve its international reputation. Slorc's bloody repression of a pro-democracy movement in 1988 and refusal to accept the outcome of elections in 1990 has sustained the regime's image as a violator of human rights. Slorc has employed Lester Wolff, a former US congressman, to lobby the US government in its behalf. However, Slorc's continuing brutality should persuade the Clinton administration to maintain pressure on the regime.

United States, Column, United States foreign relations, Burmese foreign relations, Myanmar, Public relations, Myanmar. State Law and Order Restoration Council

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Can Presidentialism work like parliamentarism?

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Some types of Presidential regimes with separate elections and divided powers have negative effects on the quality and performance of democratic regimes in comparison to multiparty parliamentary regimes, where relatively good governance could be achieved due to appropriate institutional arrangements. Latin American Presidential democracies are highlighted as they usually have divided government in the context of multiparty systems.

Latin America, Political aspects, Presidents, Presidents (Government), Comparative analysis, Parliamentary government

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From Smithy to showplace

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The Palmiters' residence in Hamilton, NY, which was built as a blacksmith's shop in the 1830s, is filled with a good number of reproductions and antiques, some of which were acquired and some inherited. One of the house's former owners is Colgate University's legendary football coach Andrew Kerr.

Appreciation, Historic sites, Stone houses, Hamilton, New York

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