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...fears that the gulf crisis may ultimately be linked to Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. All the talk of a peace deal in Kuwait sent another shudder through Shamir's government, leading many members to conclude that they may not get to see Baghdad burn after all. To make matters worse, Israeli officials had to watch as the U.S. Senate voted last week to cancel Egypt's $6.7 billion military debt, marking the first time that Egypt will receive a better deal than Israel from the U.S., a stark reminder to Israelis of their diminishing...
Today in the Middle East, Iraq holds hundreds of Western hostages. Kuwait is being dismantled. Hundreds of thousands of troops are amassed, waiting for battle. Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has repeatedly threatened to "burn half of Israel" with chemical weapons. The Arab countries and Israel are armed and tense; never before has the region been so saturated with destructive weapons...
...Kerrey candor dates back to childhood. But it first registered strongly on Washington's political Richter scale when he defended the right to burn the flag, while George Bush, also a war hero, was leading a posse of television camera crews to the Iwo Jima Memorial in Virginia, where he grandly condemned such acts. More recently, Kerrey has questioned the Persian Gulf deployment and flatly opposed a $20 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia. Even before he first ran for office, Kerrey supported amnesty for Vietnam draft dodgers. These positions have not won much favor among generally conservative Nebraskans...
Even as token a gambit as this four-second solution seems refreshing amid the depressing political landscape. It might be tempting to cast the media consultants as villains who substitute deceptive advertising techniques for high-minded dialogue. But many admakers feel as trapped by slash-and-burn campaigning as the hapless voters. "I hate going negative," says G.O.P. consultant Don Ringe, who is creating ads for Senate candidates in Colorado and Hawaii. "But all of us, Democrats and Republicans, are corrupted by the system...
...photography. For example, the outline of one mountain peak clearly shows how it was formed over time by three separate upward thrusts of the planet's surface. The atmosphere preserves the land in another way as well: the clouds are so dense that all but the largest incoming meteorites burn up before striking the surface. Earth has absorbed far more hits from meteorites, although much of the evidence has eroded away...