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...forcing Saddam to capitulate. We doubt, however, that the costs of sanctions, as high as they are, will ever exceed the costs in Saddam's mind of withdrawing from Kuwait and surrendering his current status as the world's most feared Arab leader--a concession that would likely doom his regime, if not his life...
...recent study by researchers at Michigan State University concluded that this year's graduating seniors will face the worst job market in at least two decades. Career advisors here, however, promise that Harvard students won't feel the pinch too much. "In what seems to be a gloom and doom year for recruiting, the Harvard students definitely seem to have an advantage," says Judy Murray, recruiting coordinator for the Office of Career Services...
...what seems to be a gloom and doom year for recruiting, the Harvard students definitely seem to have an advantage," Murray said. "Most all of the firms who interviewed here last year are coming back--and some new firms, such as CNN, will be here as well. The students here should realize that they are quite fortunate...
...blood. Though he vowed to run for the presidency again, legislators in his own Jatiya Party were resigning last week and even military loyalists encouraged him to go. Scandals, a tyrant's image and a 50% rise in oil prices since the Persian Gulf crisis broke out sealed his doom. Said one movement leader: "From government officers to ricksha pullers, all were out in the street. It was phenomenal." It will also be phenomenal if democracy manages to heal a country that was born in a brutal secession from Pakistan in 1971 and has stumbled from coup to coup since...
Even among those fortunate enough to be insured, the leading side effect of illness is often financial doom. Consider the elderly, whose federally sponsored insurance program, Medicare, inspires so much drooling and sharpening of knives at budget time. Even with Medicare, older Americans are forced to spend more than 15% of their income for medical care annually. And since nursing-home care is virtually uncovered, the elderly are pushed to degrading extremes -- like divorcing a beloved spouse -- in order to qualify for help through a long-term debilitating illness. Or, as more than one public figure has suggested, they...