Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There were witch-hunts in the 1690s, episodes of hysteria in the 1890s. In our own time, one has only to reach back a couple of years to recall large-scale group fears induced by mention of the ozone layer, or by pandemics like toxic-shock syndrome, the Gulf War syndrome and the Ebola virus...
...Gulf Crisis: No Way Out? Things are looking dismal in Iraq as the Chief Weapons inspector leaves. Is there any end to this standoff...
...down and allow the U.N. team to inspect presidential sites. That will leave the Security Council to decide what to do next. Says Dowell: ?It?s hard to see what more anyone can do short of military action. But there?s considerable feeling against any military action in the Gulf, and without the support of allies in the Arab world and the Gulf, it?s hard to imagine the U.S. launching an attack...
...region is they?d prefer to see things calm down despite Iraq possessing biological weapons, rather than allow those weapons to become the reason for further conflict,? says Dowell. Which means the outcome of the present standoff may be even more inconclusive than the resolution of the Gulf War itself...
...quantity of the vaccinations so much as the possibly overwhelming effect they could have had on the immune system," says TIME science writer Christine Gorman. But because of the large number of variables involved, determining whether the mix contributed to a Gulf War Syndrome is still difficult if not impossible. Pentagon officials insist the vaccine, licensed by the FDA since 1970, is safe and effective. With UN inspectors still certain that Saddam Hussein is hiding anthrax powder, the Pentagon believes the benefits of prevention outweigh questions about the cure...