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...bombing campaign the Clinton Administration has in mind, critics contend, would neither bring compliance with the U.N. nor remove Saddam. The bombs would demolish all hope of more inspections but would not stop Saddam from rebuilding his germ factories, and that would just provoke another military confrontation later...
...series itself is typical of the comic: delightfully simple yet utterly absurd. In the hyper-violent, super-capitalistic universe of the future, a corporation called ScudCo manufactures "disposable assassins": three coins deposited in a vending machine will get you a robot designed to be the perfect killer, which will demolish your enemy and then self-destruct as soon as it's accomplished its mission (planned obsolescence, after all, is what makes consumer culture go). Our hero is a typical Scud robot assassin, bought by a middle manager who needs to get rid of a hideous mutant monster named Jeff--which...
Durant, the manager of Maxi's 99-cent store, said he believes the construction will not only raze buildings but demolish morale as well. Durant said the changes will make minorities feel unwelcome in Central Square...
...reason the restaurant is a subject of recent debate is that its building's owner, Cambridge Savings Bank (CSB), wants to demolish the structure that houses the friendly burger joint, along with the other buildings on the corner of JFK St. and Mass. Ave. Opponents of the bank's project argue that the corner should be declared an historical district. President of the Harvard Square Defense Fund, Pebble Glifford, opposes the CSB because a historical district "is good for business, I think one of the reasons people come here is history," she said...
Mobutu, no doubt, would dearly love to demolish such boastfulness. But at the moment he is preoccupied by an enemy even more formidable than the rebel legions. For the past seven months the Zairian President has been undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. In December he rose from his sickbed at his villa on the French Riviera, declaring that he was returning to Zaire to "take things in hand." Supporters greeted him with euphoria but swiftly discerned that Mobutu was incapable of dealing with problems he needed to solve. He shunned the opposition and said nothing about appointing a successor...