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...nine locations across the region. All the correspondents have relied on Almash to assist them with communications problems in filing. When correspondent Scott MacLeod, who had been in Baghdad with Stacks, tried sending a file over the special phone line he had set up at his base in Amman, Jordan, he got music on a local radio station instead of an encouraging dial tone. A call to Almash, and a reconnoiter of his hotel's communications center, solved the problem. Special correspondent Michael Kramer, TIME's insider on the Kuwaiti government-in- exile, headed toward the gulf through London, with...
TIME's photography field team includes Rudi Frey and Christopher Morris in Saudi Arabia, Barry Iverson in Amman, Tom Hartwell standing by in Cairo and Francoise DeMulder in Baghdad. Frey, a man of many skills, is doing double duty as a liaison with the military command and coping with the headaches of transmitting pictures. A high-tech air war could jam normal telecommunications and force reporters to switch from laptop computers to typewriters. Seven chemical-warfare protective outfits, purchased in London, are available for those who will be assigned to go into combat zones. "This is the first time...
Flights were to be added to the daily Iraqi Airways trip to Amman, Jordan, and the first hostages could leave today, the officials said...
Some business leaders believe that debt, in moderation, can have a positive influence. According to the so-called creative theory of debt, the discipline of working under leverage inspires managers to work harder and be more innovative. Says Robert Amman, chief executive of Western Union: "Some people thrive in a crisis environment. It's like ballplayers who perform under pressure during the World Series or the Super Bowl...
...cushion these blows has been slow in coming. The kingdom has received only $4 million of the $50 million pledged by international relief organizations to help it cope with the flood of refugees. While Washington has agreed to deliver the $50 million it pledged to Jordan before the crisis, Amman has yet to collect any money from the U.S., which resents Hussein's ambiguity toward Saddam. Most Jordanians believe that significant relief from the West will come only if Hussein subscribes wholeheartedly to the U.S. position...