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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...these people--most of them old enough to fight in the Gulf--war was a game. They hadn't thought about the people dying in Tel Aviv and Baghdad bombings, about children their own age dying in the streets and on the battlefields. They had thought (minimally) about our needs--gasoline--and about our goals--to win. And they were cheering wildly for our team, waving their flags, yelling their chants and sleeping well in their beds while around the world, their peers died in falling buildings...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: War Is No Cause to Celebrate | 2/13/1991 | See Source »

...think if Evan hadn't brought up the issue of second semester seniors, he probably would have won in a landslide," said Daniel H. Tabak '92. "I think Evan really hurt his chances by bringing up an issue that could only lose him votes...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: UC Ousts Rauch, Picks Rhew | 2/11/1991 | See Source »

...hadn't thought about going on forever," Buckley recalls. "Retirement at the age of 70 is all I wanted...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: With Optional Retirement, What Will Harvard's Faculty Look like in 2000? | 2/5/1991 | See Source »

...next step, a hearing with military officials, can be trying, says Robert Dove, a counselor with the American Friends Service Committee. "Sometimes you get questions like 'What would you do if Hitler killed your grandmother?' I would never believe it if I hadn't gotten that one myself...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: This Could Be You | 1/30/1991 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the Swiss asked Awad to prove that he was working for Abu Ibrahim by telephoning Baghdad. He reached the bombmaker's wife. He hadn't been able to get a room at the Hilton, he told her; he had run out of money. A few days later, a courier showed up in Switzerland carrying $1,500 in cash and a photo of Awad. It was Abu Saif. A search of his shoulder bag showed that part of a maroon vinyl liner had been cut out: the missing fabric had been used to wrap the bomb found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism: The Life and Crimes of a Middle East Terrorist | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

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