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...SILVER (Reversal of Fortune). TCC/West is meeting regularly to map out a public affairs strategy and arrange a televised debate on campaign reform. Also in the talking stage is a series of professionally produced half-hour programs hosted by various stars that will analyze political advertising and explain how it often manipulates the viewer...
Such obstacles help explain why Bush went out of his way last week to plead with Iraqi military leaders to overthrow their boss. Going well beyond his previous statements, Bush declared, "Our argument is not with the people of Iraq. It's not even with other leaders in Iraq. We'd be perfectly willing to give the military another chance, provided Saddam was out of there." Explained a Bush aide later: "That was very blatant. We don't care if the military takes over. It's Saddam we want...
Neither those locked in conflict within the country's borders nor those watching from a distance could explain exactly what guided events last week as the showdown between the Yugoslav People's Army and the secessionist republics of Slovenia and Croatia first pushed toward all-out civil war, then pulled back in a shaky cease-fire. What baffled most was not so much the sporadic bloodshed -- all but foreordained by centuries of ethnic antagonisms -- but the political and military muddle. No one seemed to be in charge, and the country appeared to be sliding into chaos. The federation's civilian...
...scathing critique of U.S. agricultural policy should be required reading for every presidential candidate. O'Rourke may be the first writer to explain the savings and loan fiasco in a manner that keeps you from falling asleep after the first mention of subordinated debt. He also reveals, in terms a mathematical dunce can fathom, the Social Security system's purpose: it's the best way for voting everyone rich...
...Slovenia had hoped to use its bold declaration of independence as a negotiating card, by week's end the republic had its stalwart performance to buttress resolve. The Yugoslav army, by contrast, will have much to explain. The use of missiles on Ljubljana's airport seemed excessive, given the purported objective of restricting access to Slovenia. More inexplicable still, Yugoslav jets fired on civilian trucks and reportedly entered Austrian airspace...