November 27, 2004: Headlines: COS - Ukraine: New York Times: When I left Ukraine in 1995, I had spent two of the very best years
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November 27, 2004: Headlines: COS - Ukraine: New York Times: When I left Ukraine in 1995, I had spent two of the very best years
of my life in Kiev as a Peace Corps volunteer When I left Ukraine in 1995, I had spent two of the very best years
of my life in Kiev as a Peace Corps volunteer
When I left Ukraine in 1995, I had spent two of the very best years
of my life in Kiev as a Peace Corps volunteer
To the Editor of The New York Times (published 11/27/04):
Re "Ukraine Court Delays Results in Vote Dispute" (front page, Nov.
26):
When I left Ukraine in 1995, I had spent two of the very best years
of my life in Kiev as a Peace Corps volunteer.
As I boarded the train to Poland and a new life, I waved to my
Ukrainian friends and thought, "What a shame that these people will
never get it together." Like other volunteers, I had been astounded
at the corruption at all levels that made life almost impossible for
a wonderful, energetic and educated people.
To see the thousands of Ukrainians in the streets demanding what was
stolen from them is an inspiration. It is a sight that I thought I
would never see.
Let us support them. Keep the Russian bear in Moscow where it
belongs and not in Kiev!
Mark C. Hall
Krakow, Poland, Nov. 26, 2004
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