Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Saddam as a failing despot, "out of touch" with his closest aides, even as Hussein Kamel called for Saddam's overthrow into "the garbage heap of history," the brothers may not want to deal--or to be seen dealing--with the West. In any case, neither fits anyone's idea of a flower-power liberal. They rose by nepotism, survived by cunning and thrived by doing their leader's most morally questionable will. However quickly Saddam might replace them, though, Iraq's slow strangulation under U.N. economic sanctions since 1990 continues to make life hard for the strongman's subjects...
There is an old saying: "Generals are always fighting the previous war." In World War I, generals staunchly believed that the only way to take land was to charge--an idea they inherited from the previous generation of generals, like the generals in the American Civil War. The strategy of charging in our Civil War may have won battles, but it could not be used effectively against the machine guns of World War I. But the French and British generals refused to see that technology had progressed and that military strategy had to as well. They were fighting the previous...
Rebecca, now 14 months, was constantly on Smolowe's mind as she wrote this week's story about the controversy surrounding "transracial" adoptions. "As I read about people who champion the idea that it would be better for children to languish in temporary foster homes than be adopted into families of another race," says Smolowe, "I had to work hard to separate the reporting from my feelings." Senior editor Lee Aitken, whose daughter Sophie, 4, was adopted in Bulgaria, argues that in stories like this, firsthand experience can make for better journalism. "At some point, the adoption ordeal always brings...
...contrarians caution that the major players may have the wrong idea--that someone like Malone, by striking deals with everyone, is positioning himself better than is Michael Eisner, who for better or worse will now be tethered to ABC's network. "The risk is that some dumb deals will happen just because people are feeling they'd better buy something," says Tom Adams, a media analyst based in Carmel Valley, California. "It's almost a panic out there," agrees Derek Baine, an analyst with Paul Kagan Associates. "There's going to be a lot of dealing this year.'' But will...
President Clinton signed an executive order that requires companies seeking to do business with the federal government to report toxic chemical emissions. "This is an insurance policy," said Carol Browner,Environmental Protection Agencychief. "The idea is to prevent another Love Canal," says TIME's Andrea Dorfman. The move by the President is seen by some political observers as a response to the GOP's attempt last week in the house to weaken right-to-know laws...