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...these troubled times, ostentatiousness is out, austerity in. One person heeding that message is Tom Monaghan, the centimillionaire founder of the Domino's Pizza chain (1990 revenues: nearly $2.7 billion). Monaghan, an architecture aficionado and leading collector of Frank Lloyd Wright artifacts, has decided to abandon his $5 million dream house. Even though it was one- third completed, Monaghan halted construction of the 22,000-sq.-ft. mansion in Ann Arbor, Mich., which he had intended to be the keystone in a development of exceedingly expensive mansions designed by eminent architects. The pizza tycoon, who is shifting his attention toward...
Washington and London immediately began a strenuous effort to persuade Israel not to retaliate, and the Arab allies not to abandon the coalition if it did. The U.S. stepped up its aerial search for Scud missiles that could be fired from hard-to-locate mobile launchers. Most if not all the Scuds launched from fixed sites -- that is, silos -- were believed to have been taken out in the first attack. Within hours, American planes had destroyed six of the truck launchers, three with missiles inside. One other Scud missile had been launched earlier against Saudi Arabia, but was blown...
Aziz's words unnerved U.S. officials, who realize that Iraq's threats contain a brutal logic. If Saddam can strike even a limited blow against Israel, he may be able to recast the gulf conflict into an Arab-Israeli war, forcing some of Washington's Arab allies to abandon the coalition and perhaps even compelling Syria to switch sides. That gamble must have seemed all the more tempting last Wednesday, when President Hosni Mubarak was quoted as warning that Egypt would reassess its position if Israel became involved -- though he conceded later that "Israel has a right to defend itself...
...harsh letter charging that the U.S. government is boosting Evangelicalism to "help consolidate its economic and political power." Pope John Paul II believes the inroads of unnamed "sects" could become "disastrous." During last year's tour of Mexico, designed in part to counter Evangelicalism, the Pontiff directed clergy to abandon "timidity and diffidence" in combatting their rivals...
...admirer of Bush's readiness to use force instead of diplomacy," Montgomery said. "Furthermore, the number of times we have violated the war-power act undermines our credibility. I'm not hopeful about negotiations, but one shouldn't abandon hope...