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DATE: THURSDAY, March 17, 1994                   TAG: 9403170188
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA                                LENGTH: Short

SLOVAKIAN RULERS PLEDGE MODERATION

The second government in Slovakia's 15 months of turbulent independence was sworn in Wednesday and immediately set about trying to establish a more moderate tone than the ousted nationalist leader, Vladimir Meciar.

The new prime minister, Jozef Moravcik, 48, a former foreign minister who led last week's revolt against Meciar, hastily patched his Cabinet together after Meciar was defeated in a confidence vote t Friday.

"I would like this government to succeed in raising the political credibility of Slovakia abroad," Slovak President Michal Kovac said . "... Slovakia wants to be a stable, democratic country, a country that wants to join Europe's political and economic structures."

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