Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this type are quiet underwater, but their need to recharge their batteries forces them to surface every day or so, when they become sitting ducks. Nonetheless, Navy planners repeatedly cite the possibility that Iran's three Russian-made Kilo subs could bottle up the mouth of the Persian Gulf in a time of crisis, picking off thin-skinned oil tankers like marksmen at a state fair. But few believe that even this scary scenario would be much more than a 48-hour headache for the Pentagon...
...Lauryn Hill passed on a role in The Cider-House Rules (an adaptation of the John Irving book), filmmakers cast hip-hop soul singer Erykah Badu. Ice Cube, who has appeared in such movies as Boyz N the Hood and Fridays, will soon star with George Clooney in the Gulf War thriller Three Kings. Queen Latifah, featured in the recent film Living Out Loud, is now set to be the host of a TV talk show. And the former Fresh Prince, Will Smith, has become one of the most in-demand actors around. Ice Cube--who performed a song with...
...January 1991, as American bombs rained onto Iraq, CNN's live attack coverage found a particularly appreciative audience five time zones away, in Beijing. To the Chinese, the Gulf War was a revelation--an introduction to 21st century tactics and weaponry that pointed out, in the most graphic way possible, the limits of China's massive but antiquated military. Smart bombs, flexible command and control, and seamless, high-tech attacks dazzled the Chinese leadership, who ramped up a campaign to upgrade the People's Liberation Army (P.L.A.) to world-class status. The new buzz words in China's Ministry...
Unlike the Republican Party, which is still clinging to some esoteric notions of chivalry and duty, we grew up after Watergate. We grew up not only with an instinctive skepticism of government, but the proof to back it up. Irancontra. A Gulf War that looked an awful lot like a battle to keep the world safe for oil. The CIA too busy with an illegal scheme to overthrow Central America to chastise contacts for flooding poor black neighborhoods with cheap crack cocaine. All of that, plus Dynasty, The Bonfire of the Vanities and sex, lies and videotape...
EDWARD BARNES is the only TIME staff member who keeps a bulletproof vest hanging in his office. For most of his career Barnes has specialized in getting incredible stories out of impossible places. While covering the 1991 Persian Gulf War for LIFE magazine, he was so close to the front lines that four Iraqi Republican Guards surrendered to him. Last week when fighting heated up in Sierra Leone, Barnes didn't hesitate. He jetted from New York City to Paris on Tuesday, then traveled through the Ivory Coast and Mali to Guinea, where he caught a Nigerian helicopter into Freetown...