Word: deserts
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...throne. But after he came to power in 1982, Fahd found ample excuses to confine decision making within a narrow family circle. Then came Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent arrival of more than 500,000 U.S. troops in the region. While President Bush maintained that Desert Storm was not designed to promote democracy in the gulf's oilagarchies, the campaign to liberate Kuwait prodded conservative Arab rulers to broaden public participation...
...election has produced essentially the same scenario. Former Sen. Paul E. Tsongas, born and raised in Lowell, Mass. is a known quantity to the state's voters. Tsongas stands to win by a huge margin, and Republicans in the state seem unlikely to desert Bush in large numbers...
Captain Davis isn't alone. Now that the cold war is over, more than half a million soldiers -- roughly the same number that fought in Desert Storm -- will see their jobs eliminated over five years. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that these cuts will save $103 billion in defense spending. "General Motors is eliminating 74,000 employees over three years," says General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "We're doing that many alone from January to September of this year...
...look like the '80s turned inside out, as if the nation had been wearing a reversible raincoat. The gaudy, triumphal colors flashed during the Reagan years are suspect now. Or else they are remembered somewhat wistfully. The full national regalia was last worn when the troops came home from Desert Storm, which seems a while...
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