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...many students had demonstrated their concern. Let's Go had nixed its usual trips to Israel, Jordan and North Africa--even going so far as to cancel on-site coverage of Greece...
...keep his people in line. But Saddam Hussein has also tried kindness rather than killing. When the Iran-Iraq war began in 1980, he ordered 20,000 Chevy Malibus to be distributed among army officers and families of fallen soldiers. Tight money and high casualties soon forced Iraq to cancel that order after about 2,000 cars were delivered; Saddam later substituted Volkswagens and other inexpensive cars. Moreover, the Iraqi treasury pledged to pay $40,000 to any man who married a war widow. For the bravest survivors, Saddam ordered 150 ceremonial swords (price: up to $50,000 each), crafted...
...constitution of the U.S.S.R." and "a deliberate act of provocation." He demanded that Yeltsin withdraw his comments. But Yeltsin was unrepentant and proved he could play the old Leninist party games as well. He claimed he was receiving "thousands of telegrams" from across Russia asking him to cancel his recent agreement to contribute almost 30% of the national budget...
...light of Hussein's actions, the United States government should speed any Israeli requests for military hardware, and cancel any arms sales to Arab nations that could have damaging future consequences for Israel or America...
Eager to avoid criticism, Matsushita offered to sell the park-concession company to a U.S. firm within a year. But that pledge was not enough to satisfy Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan Jr., whose department includes the Park Service. Lujan threatened to cancel the Yosemite company's contract, which still has two years to run, on the ground that MCA and Matsushita did not get government permission to change the management of the concessions. The Interior Secretary appears to be playing rough in an effort to persuade Matsushita to donate the park company to the government or to sell the operation...