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...warships and submarines in the Persian Gulf and perhaps from giant B-52 bombers lumbering in from their Indian Ocean base on Diego Garcia. The cruise missiles will come crashing through the windows and walls of Iraq's main military command-and-communications centers. Over the crump and flame of those explosions will sound the roar of low-flying F-117 stealth attack planes as they swoop undetected over air-defense centers--the computer-filled offices that direct missile fire against airborne attackers--drilling their targets with 2,000-lb. laser-guided bombs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How The Attack On Iraq Is Planned | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

When the Olympic flame arrived in Japan, it went out three times in one day. You can hear the ominous music in the background...

Author: By Bryan Lee, | Title: Nagano a No-Go | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

Your fawning coverage of Castro might have been understandable in 1959, but not after a 39-year dictatorship remarkable only for its brutality. TIME has helped perpetuate the suffering of the Cuban people. But the Pope has demanded freedom and justice for the Cubans. The flame of Christ's love has been lighted in their hearts, never again to be blown out by evil. GEORGE J. FOWLER III, Director Cuban American National Foundation New Orleans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 16, 1998 | 2/16/1998 | See Source »

...earlier controversies--the downhill event, the charge card issue, the flame continually being extinguished during its run through southern Japan, even the recent leftist mortar shell attack at Narita International Airport--are but the pre-Olympic warm-up. As the world turns to Nagano today, Japan will face its largest test...

Author: By Misasha C. Suzuki, | Title: Pre-Olympic Woes Reflect Nagano's Regional Differences | 2/6/1998 | See Source »

Daily Spin "You can't get in. Follow police instructions and move on. You are a nuisance." ? Nagano police, to a crowd trying to see the arrival of the Olympic flame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Front Page | 2/6/1998 | See Source »

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