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...those students and faculty who do not represent its rich, white, elitist worldview. As the president of the Dartmouth student assembly has said, the Review's writers have "tainted the image of this college." More than anything else, the result of the Review's actions has been to frighten away talented students and faculty. Like the American generals in Vietnam who had to destroy villages in order to save them, the Review is devastating Dartmouth in order to redeem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Have They No Decency? | 10/16/1990 | See Source »

...Iraqi tanks rolled into Kuwait, U.S. reconnaissance satellites had spotted the logistical preparations for an offensive. The CIA and Pentagon quickly changed their estimates of an attack from possible to highly likely. The White House and State Department, however, clung to the view that Saddam was only trying to frighten Kuwait into territorial concessions and refused to accept that intelligence judgment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Lost Kuwait? | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

...years of covering stories in and around New York City, that was the closest Attinger has come to the random, violent crime that so disturbs the people who live and visit here. "I've never been mugged or anything, and the city doesn't frighten me," she says. "But I'm careful when I'm out in the streets. I'm aware of who is near me, and I never bump anyone. Always being so on guard can become oppressive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From the Publisher: Sep 17 1990 | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

...suitor for Eastern's planes and gates is Northwest Airlines, whose chairman, Alfred Checchi, is a friend of Shugrue's. Will the indictment frighten him off? Not likely. "The die is cast. Eastern has a limited life," says analyst Robert McAdoo. "The indictment may even scare creditors enough to enable a company like Northwest to cut a sweeter deal." Though Eastern's absorption by a rival would increase airline concentration and reduce competition further, some travelers seem untroubled. Says Christopher Witkowski, director of the Aviation Consumer Action Project, a group formed by Ralph Nader: "If the allegations are borne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skeletons In Eastern's Hangar | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

...Kuwait and the U.A.E., which have rich petroleum reserves and tend to favor lower prices as a way of discouraging Western countries from pursuing alternative energy sources. But Iraq desperately needs higher prices, and Saddam reckoned he had something more powerful than the Saudis' economic clout with which to frighten the renegades: the mightiest army in the Arab world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Crude Enforcer | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

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