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...military, after more than a decade of sanctions, is a brittle force ready to snap under pressure. U.S. troops would face the most potent threat from the Republican Guard divisions and the Special Republican Guard, especially if they retreated to lairs inside Baghdad and challenged the invaders to a duel to the death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: Battle Plan: The Tools Of War | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

...liking to Blickstead. “We’ve slept together twice already…as have the other two [girls in OTI],” Gaudiani reports with the straight face of an improv comedienne. “Tomorrow there’s going to be a duel [over John...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Game On! | 10/3/2002 | See Source »

Meanwhile, George W. does not seem to suffer from a surfeit of purpose either. In the duel against Saddam, the U.S. plays a Gulliver strong on words and weak on will. Will it really go after the Butcher of Baghdad? Maybe. Or not. It all depends on who is talking. The Pentagon seems to be gung-ho on war, the State Department much less so. The military does not like wars it is not guaranteed to win with zero casualties. So the brass does what it knows best: leaking its doubts all over Washington. And Congress has launched hearings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strong on Words, Weak on Will | 8/11/2002 | See Source »

...rebuttal and another 53 pages of GAO comment on the White House rebuttal. All this cost far more than the roughly $20,000 in damages--which the GAO was "unable to conclude" was any worse than similar sabotage by previous transition pranksters in 1981 and 1993. Scenes from the duel: --By Sean Gregory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Tax Dollars At Work | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

...Radcliffe could not repeat its early season success against Princeton and was forced to duel with unheralded No. 15 Mercyhurst while the Tigers battled Wisconsin for the national championship upfront...

Author: By Timothy Jackson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Third Time Not Necessarily The Charm for W. Lightweights | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

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