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Acting with a political deftness he has rarely shown on domestic issues, Bush skillfully worked Congress into his corner. With most Republicans already behind him, the President moved quickly after the Geneva breakdown to gain support from Democrats like Florida Congressman Dante Fascell, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He also sought the backing of longtime supporters of Israel in the House like New Jersey's Robert Torricelli and Stephen Solarz of New York, who became the strongest Democratic voice in the House in favor of war against Iraq...
...predicted that if American forces are still camped in the desert during the holy month of Ramadan, which begins in mid-March, the result could be "an increase in clandestine opposition from religious extremists, with possible destabilizing results." Many Saudis reacted with something like relief to the apparent breakdown of diplomacy last week. If there is to be a military moment of truth, better it come quickly...
Longest Busy Signal The nine-hour breakdown of AT&T's long-distance phone system in January, triggered by a massive computer failure, paralyzed many businesses and shook America's faith in technology. But it gave millions of people a day off from telephone sales pitches...
...Congress of People's Deputies meeting approached, Soyuz and conservatives generally seemed to be gaining influence with a frustrated Gorbachev. That should have been no surprise. The reformists' strength had always resided in an evanescent popular mood that has swung from euphoria to near despair as political breakdown has been mirrored in economic chaos and shortages of everything. The conservatives, in contrast, command the hard, physical tools of power: troops, tanks and vertushki, the direct telephone lines to the central authorities that are the lifeline of the government bureaucracy...
...play this friendly game gradually reveals itself to be a carefully orchestrated trial of vengeance. Along with his friend Teddy (C. Michael Rodriguez), a fellow outpatient from the asylum, Billy presides over a tense and engaging indictment of his guests, whose unconscious cruelty and casual callousness ultimately caused his breakdown...