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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kuwait -- by definition means seizing and holding ground, and that is one thing air power cannot do; only tanks and infantry can. Saddam could be overthrown by a coup, or he could suddenly pull his troops out voluntarily, or those troops could be so worn down that they surrender en masse. But a commander who bases his plans on any of those things would be taking almost as much of a chance as the restaurant customer who counts on paying for his dinner with the pearl he hopes to find in an oyster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battlefront: Calculus of Death | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

...airborne briefing en route to Saudi Arabia, however, Powell cautioned against the idea that the "ground campaign, as the night follows the day, means huge casualties." Saddam may be planning a Verdun in the sand, but ! allied commanders insist they are not going to oblige him by relying primarily on frontal attacks on the impressive Iraqi fortifications. The campaign instead is likely to combine a flanking maneuver around the lines in Kuwait, with paratroop drops and amphibious landings behind those lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battlefront: Calculus of Death | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

...second period dominated by sloppy play was highlighted by Harvard's well-rested third-liners. It took 14 minutes, but juniors Courtney Hurley and Kath Ulman tallied their first goals of the season en route to a three-goal period. Whyte assisted on both goals...

Author: By Elizabeth Resnick, | Title: Icewomen Trounce Elis, 6-1 | 2/14/1991 | See Source »

...Tigers and Cadets also gave Harvard a fight earlier this season. Princeton held off Harvard's potent scoring attack en route to a 4-3 win over the Crimson in Princeton, N.J. Army was well on its way to doing the same to Harvard the very next day before the Crimson (8-8 overall, 8-6 ECAC) came up with four goals in the final period to win, 5-2, in West Point...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz, | Title: Crimson Ready For Cadets | 2/1/1991 | See Source »

...middle stanza magic, as the Crimson scored three unanswered goals en route to a 4-2 lead after two periods. Simonds' second tally of the night, along with scores by Jen Minkus and Bev Stickles, constituted the Harvard barrage...

Author: By Liz Resnick, | Title: Icewomen Upset Brown | 1/31/1991 | See Source »

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