Lake Shore rail loan collapse and political quixotism
The Lake Shore Railway Association reported by Lorain County Commissioner Betty Blair that a 1.8 million state loan was approved with collateral valued at 715,000, but Blair noted a 480,000 shortfall. Spats over ethics, transit plans, and a CSU recruit's legal troubles color the piece as local figures clash over financing and reform.
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Lake Shore Railway Association
Lorain County
Betty Blair
Blair
Marc Chappo
Rail Association
Chappo
Chronicle-Telegram
Thomas O'Leary
Ohio Rail Development Commission
Lake Shore
Ross
Mary Jo Vasi
Europe’s East and the Western gaze on democracy
A European correspondent reflects on 1989 to present shifts across Eastern Europe and post communist life. He profiles Milovan Djilas, Milosevic’s Serbia, Montenegro’s Milo Djukanovic, and the gap between Western hopes and Eastern realities, noting upheaval, institutions, and lingering ideologies shaping a new Europe.
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Podbisce
Yugoslavia
Montenegro
Europe
Germany
NATO
Balkans
Caucasus
Eastern
Berlin Wall
Checkpoint Charlie
East Berlin
Berlin
Vladivostok
Estonia
Slovenia
European Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
Bosnia
Milovan Djilas
Djilas
Politburo
Milan Protic
Belgrade
Prague
Vaclav Havel
Czech Republic
Havel
Ato
West Germany
Soviet Bloc
Communist Party
East
Aleksa
Russia
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Emil Constantinescu
Romania
Baltic States
Belarus
Alexander Lukashenko
Stalin
Hitler
Slovakia
Vladimir Meciar
Serbia
Milosevic
Protic
Djukic
Mira Markovic
Machiavellian
Lila Radonjic
Radonijic
Kosovo
U.S
Richard Holbrooke
Dalas
Connecticut
Milo Djukanovic
Budapest
Warsaw
Asia
Vlado Dapcevic
Potsdamer Platz
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Vasi
County Health Department
King
Damon Stringer
Rollie Massimino
Cleveland State University
Stringer
Toach
CSU
Ohio State Buckeyes
Columbus
Massimino
Vikings
Andy Young
Slavoljub Djukic
Slobodan Milosevic
Mikhail Ulyanov
Hollywood
Moscow