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...Hardship dependencies, those in the National Guard or military reserves, clergymen and those studying for the clergy are all exempt from the draft...
Communications dwindle to a minor concern in wartime for correspondents who find themselves sharing fear and hardship with the citizens of the countries they cover. When air-raid sirens howled Thursday night, Jerusalem bureau chief Jon Hull and his wife Judy donned gas masks, moved to a sealed room, then quickly placed their 15-month-old son Dylan in a small plastic tent designed to protect infants from chemical poisons. As Dylan howled in protest, Jon got on the phone to find out more about the Scud missiles that were falling on Israel and to advise us in New York...
Czechoslovakia's President bluntly told his citizens to expect bitter hardship: "What a year ago seemed to be a dilapidated house is in fact a ruin." As the country rapidly moves to free markets, he admitted, "inflation will grow despite all measures designed to curb...
THIS course of action does not aid the hundreds of American and other hostages who remain trapped in Iraq and Kuwait. How many of them will survive the severe hardship and possible hysteria that a successful long-term embargo might engender? It is possible that they will be reasonably well treated to maintain their status as "human shields"; it is just as possible that they will be used as leverage against American opinion in more sinister ways...
...begin, some experts are worried that the more extreme reports of shortages may be disinformation circulated by Iraq to make its foes think a military attack is unnecessary, and thus gain time for Saddam to try to disrupt the alliance against him. More important, hardship for civilians does not necessarily indicate any lessening of Iraq's ability to fight; Saddam's dictatorship can and will squeeze the civilian economy as hard as may be necessary to maintain supplies to the armed forces. Case in point: U.S. Secretary of State James Baker said on ABC-TV's This Week with David...