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...well as its ends, and the Administration has struggled to manage these as well. For once, the peppy President is wary of cheerleading. He wants to send the message that the war is going well, but at the same time he fears the unreal expectations of a quick and bloodless victory that the footage of "smart" bombs can raise. For all the effort to manage the news -- banning the shots of flag-draped coffins at Dover Air Force Base, spooning out upbeat statistics at briefings, keeping the press pool tightly leashed -- the fact remains that this...
Wednesday night, the sanction-based strategy was unfortunately discarded. Now that this mistake has been made, we can only hope against hope for as quick and bloodless a victory as possible. An indefinite suspension of the offensive or the withdrawal of American troops from the region would undermine the legitimate objectives of the U.S.-led coalition and would likely lead to greater instability and bloodshed in the Gulf...
...Burden of Proof by Scott Turow. The blockbuster novel of the year is also one of the better, more intelligent reads. As he did in Presumed Innocent (1987), the author-lawyer hurls the human impulse to make trouble straight at the bloodless statutes designed to keep the peace. The impact is shattering, and the echoes remain long after the explosion is over...
BAXTER. A vicious bull terrier (who growls the narration) finally finds an owner meaner than he is. Jerome Boivin's minimalist French thriller is no carnival of canine violence. It rarely goes for the jugular, yet it drains the viewer bloodless...
Before voting, she visited her father's grave. Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was overthrown in a bloodless coup in 1977 and was hanged two years later...