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Almost certainly, Saddam hoped for a reprise of the Vietnam War. Back then, the constant parading of broken U.S. captives before the TV cameras dampened American morale and helped turn public sentiment against the war. What Saddam has apparently failed to grasp is that unlike the shaky policy that maintained the U.S. presence in Vietnam, Bush's goals enjoy the support of the United Nations, a multinational force, Congress and a vast majority of Americans. Moreover, Saddam's blatant disregard for civilians -- his initial holding of unwilling Western "guests," the torture and killing of unarmed Kuwaitis, his ongoing Scud attacks...
ALAN FEINBERG: THE AMERICAN ROMANTIC (Argo). This young pianist displays his uncommon grasp of the romantic idiom in these flavorful, virtuoso pieces by ^ U.S. composers Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Amy Beach and Robert Helps...
Cinema Paradiso A little boy in a small Italian town serves as acolyte to the keeper of the flame -- the projectionist in the local theater. With graceful sentiment, director Giuseppe Tornatore evokes the magic by which our first films grasp at memory...
...savings plan," says Sarah Frazier, who lives with her husband Richard in Idyllwild, Calif. "We want to start a family someday, and it's getting harder and harder with food prices, car loans, interest payments and utilities. Just when you think you have a grasp on things, something changes...
Though it is far from certain that Saddam would return Kuwait in exchange for this prize, the trophy is already within his grasp. Last week attempts to draft a U.N. resolution endorsing a Middle East parley in terms acceptable to the U.S. broke down. But despite its posture at the U.N., and contrary to its publicly stated position, Washington, under pressure from its European and Arab allies, has privately acquiesced to such talks after the gulf crisis is resolved...