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The strategy is aimed, ultimately, less at Iraq's weapons and troops than at the enemy's mind. Ground units would make deep, rapid thrusts through enemy lines; troops would take advantage of the combined effect of artillery, air support, naval bombardment and armored assaults on targets carefully chosen to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strategy: Fighting a Battle by the Book | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

Rebuffed by party leaders who insisted on a policy of indefinite sanctions, the longtime dove and '60s peacenik from Brooklyn wrote in the New Republic, "If Democrats are not prepared to support the use of force in a situation like this, when the aggression is so unambiguous, the international community...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: The War Will Hurt the Democrats | 2/20/1991 | See Source »

Once battle began, confusion was compounded by the use of such terms as air supremacy and precision bombing, which mean something particular to military officers but carry more sweeping implications for the untutored listener. The peculiar physical circumstances of the war, which so far have afforded reporters few direct opportunities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perceptions: Sorting Out the Mixed Signals | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

But some professors expressed confusion over the news reports of the ocnditional surrender. They said that it is not clear whether the radio received official government approval. Scholars further said that the translation of the message was in doubt.

Author: By Julian E. Barnes and Lan N. Nguyen, S | Title: Scholars Downplay Offer's Importance | 2/15/1991 | See Source »

But Zuker blamed the rent control policy for the difficulties, complaining that it unfairly benefits many tenants who can afford to pay more. "The hardships that we went through as owners--I would never do that again," Zuker said. He added that the Rent Control Board's two-year delay...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: Council Sets the Stage For Rent Control Examination | 2/13/1991 | See Source »

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