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...January 15 deadline for Saddam Hussein to withdraw his forces from Kuwait did Congress really debate the direction that U.S. policy should take in the region. And by then, it was far too late to effect any meaningful change in policy. Congress had two choices at this last-ditch meeting: continue to give Bush free rein in determining war policy, or suddenly change course and shackle the president and the United National in the 11th hour before the deadline...
...Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) van skidded on an ice patch on Interstate 84 and spun into a full 360-degree turn, swerving into a ditch on the side of the road and turning over on its side, according to Paul L. Rosenstein '92, the driver of a second PBHA...
...Such wild fantasies are remarkably widespread among Saddam's Palestinian supporters, who simply cannot accept that they have once again backed a loser. Even after the Iraqi leader cavalierly jettisoned their cause during last- ditch peace negotiations with the Soviets, many Palestinians refuse to believe they have been abandoned by yet another Arab leader. "It's very hard for Palestinians to admit that they were sold out," said Mohammed Kamel, a merchant from Jerusalem's Old City. "We are depressed and desperate because we have no friends and no allies. This is the story of our lives...
Some Pentagon officials suggested that the new fires might have been started by the Iraqis as a last-ditch defensive strategy, to try to impede visibility for a final allied offensive. But U.S. military planners said they could circumvent any such tactics. The Iraqi actions seemed to be aimed more at crippling Kuwait's oil-producing capacity. U.S. officials reported that other oil-related facilities and shipping terminals had been damaged as well, with the intention, in President Bush's words, of "destroying the entire oil- production system of Kuwait...
Nikita Khrushchev once scoffed that his country would ditch communism when "a shrimp learns to whistle." Much of the world thought it heard that unlikely music last March when Soviet legislators amended the constitution to abolish the Communist Party's guaranteed monopoly on political power. Four months later, establishment baiter Boris Yeltsin shocked a party congress by staging a dramatic walkout, leading an exodus of some 2 million disaffected members. But Khrushchev's miracle may not have been quite enough. By last week, it had become clear that die-hard disciples of Marx and Lenin were determined to regain...