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...much explicit sexuality. Too much implicit innuendo. Too much immorality. Too much controversy. Free expression is fine and dandy, MTV officials explained, but this time, Madonna has gone too far. At least that's what our advertisers tell...
...demand: Iraq must get out of Kuwait. But whether, and to what extent, the other members will continue to back American ideas on how to achieve that goal -- especially as Washington comes closer and closer to converting what has always been an implicit threat of war to a very explicit one -- remains uncertain...
Mughoho's definition of the "western world" is not explicit, but we must also refute his claim that "the distribution of foreign students is skewed towards the western world." More than half (53) of the foreign students in the freshman class are from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Oceania or Eastern Europe...
...will invite more such outrages around the world and give Saddam an unacceptable degree of control over the lifeblood of the world economy. (To denigrate the importance of oil with talk of "cheap gas" is itself a cheap debating tactic.) From the very day of the invasion, the explicit objective of U.S. policy has been not just deterrence of further Iraqi expansion but also the rollback of Iraq from Kuwait...
...purpose is, quite explicitly, to give American commanders the offensive capability they have so far lacked and that Saddam knows they have lacked. But the buildup does not necessarily bring war closer. Bush was explicit about that too. Maybe, just maybe, the reinforcements will finally make Saddam beat a retreat. Besides, the biggest U.S. deployment of forces since Vietnam won't be ready to fight until January at the earliest. That gives everyone an additional two months to mull over the options...