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...that only the Egyptian and Syrian armies displayed an adequate level of combat competence. But the general asserts that even the best Arab divisions were only about half as good as his own troops, who evidently rated a 10. The Soviet-trained Egyptian army, for example, was unable to adapt rapidly to fast-paced ground warfare. On one occasion Schwarzkopf had to request Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to order his troops into battle. Schwarzkopf also calls the Kuwaiti and Saudi ground forces the worst in the coalition, and he saves special criticism for inept Saudi army commanders, many of whom...
...animal is more prized than China's giant panda, a national symbol. Only about 1,000 remain in the wild, largely because of the disappearance of their bamboo grazing grounds and their limited ability to adapt to change. But natural dangers have been surpassed by human ones. Lured by the huge prices that pandas bring -- from $5,000 to $112,000 in a country where the average monthly wage is $29 -- poachers are closing in on this rare animal, tracking it down even in China's nature preserves. During the course of her travels, the WWF investigator saw two panda...
Rationally, transfer students and first-years should take roughly the same amount of time adjusting to life here at Harvard. If anything, transfer students, who have already spent at least one semester away from home in a university setting, should be able to adapt even more quickly than those just out of the high school. Then why do transfers arriving at Harvard overwhelmingly feel isolated from the rest of the undergraduate community...
Today, Harvard will travel to the West Roxbury Metropolitan District Commission Rink, once again hoping to adapt its game to a smaller rink. The Crimson lost badly, 8-2 and 5-0, in its two previous trips to the Garden this year...
...against Iraq has improved both Israel's image and its security. But unless Shamir can adapt to the postwar order, those gains will be short-lived. So far, his ambitious strategy looks disastrous. As long as he refuses to deal with the Palestinians, he cannot expect peace with the Arab states. Nor will Washington automatically provide the billions in aid needed to house and employ Soviet Jews. If Shamir simply chooses to hunker down and avoid compromise, his nation may find itself even more isolated than it was before...