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...That, however, was as far as Washington and its allies were prepared to go in siding with the insurgency. Their fear is that if the central government loses its grip on Iraq, the resulting power vacuum will produce a storm of tumult, with the Shi'ites grabbing the south, the Kurds taking the north and neighboring Iran, Turkey and Syria slicing off bits and pieces of their own. Bush last week warned Tehran that invading Iraq would be "the worst thing it could...
...summoning destiny to his side, helping allow Soviet citizens to make their own choices about their country's future. Gorbachev deserves the credit for setting the Soviet Union free from its repressive past, but Yeltsin may yet get the credit for breaking the Kremlin's present-day grip on the union itself...
...brothers. Their warm breath on my face was agonizing. It meant defeat and it meant facing the consequences for my name-calling or egg-throwing. Lately I've had the same fear. Cleaning my room and recycling paper is like trying to squirm from out of my brothers' grip. Because I feel their breath and it's steamy and uncomfortable...
...economy out of recession, in part by setting off a chain reaction of other purchases: furniture, linens, home electronics and all the other gear a home requires. Happily, the phenomenon seems to be affecting all regions. Even in areas like New England, which is still firmly in recession's grip, some of the better houses are selling as quickly as brokers can list them. At the Greater Boston & Real Estate Board, officials say pending sales are up 55% for the first seven weeks of the year. In Wellesley, Mass., last week a broker was just taking out his hammer...
...counter the recession, the Federal Reserve has loosened its grip on the money supply, bringing interest rates down and expanding the economy's cash flow, said both Holmes and McGilzreay...