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Such Blimpish prejudice is galling, especially to those who, regarding themselves as tough-minded and not fainthearted, will see these books as further evidence that war is too devilishly attractive to be left to the generals. Hackett's lip-smacking language ("seek and destroy armor, shortened into the not infelicitous little acronym SADARM") can make the military mind seem demented. But civilian harrumphing is no more useful than the military kind, and reading Hackett's prickly books goads the reader to ask: How can the human race evolve beyond the savagery of tribalistic nationalism? -By John Skow...
Early on Wednesday morning the ninth cease-fire is broken as Israeli armor attempts to move into West Beirut. To cover the advance, Israeli artillery and ships drop shells everywhere. Not a single area escapes untouched: for the first time Hamra, the heart of the commercial area, comes under sustained and heavy shelling...
...beers, Natural Light and Michelob Light, have proved only moderately popular. Undeterred, the firm is spending some $50 million this year to launch yet a third reduced-calorie entry, Budweiser Light. Claims Anheuser-Busch President Dennis Long: "We are starting to see some chinks in Miller Lite's armor...
Still, this time the Iranian high command abandoned its suicidal tactic of human wave assaults and adopted a more conventional deployment of armor and artillery to confront the Iraqis. The Iranian forces pushed eleven miles inside Iraqi territory before they were stopped by a ferocious counterattack near the strategic Iraqi port of Basra. For the spoils of a few miles of sun-baked marshland, some 2,000 Iranians lost their lives. Iraq now says that more than 21,000 Iranian troops have been killed in the abortive drive on Basra, while Iraqi casualties, though not publicized, are estimated...
Although the latest poll was good news for the President, the responses of those opposing a second term revealed soft spots in his political armor. For example, 42% of this group said that "his program on the economy has been a failure." Some 40% are concerned that "he's likely to lead us into war." Nevertheless, 55% endorse his firmness toward the Soviet Union. A mere 16% say they do not like him as an individual...