Word: infliction
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...central question is not how much punishment the allies can inflict but how much the Iraqis are ready to absorb. Saddam claims that Iraq can accept large numbers of casualties but the U.S. cannot because public opinion will quickly turn against the war. His Foreign Minister, Tariq Aziz, told U.S. Secretary of State James Baker that Iraq could hold out for a year or even two. Both Iraqis have probably miscalculated again...
...faithful to the holy cities in Saudi Arabia. Calls to get the war over with will mount. The longer Bush resists them, the better. Allied victory is assured, but the steady pounding of air power will hold to a minimum the bloodshed Saddam is so desperate to inflict...
...strike will be for the benefit of the U.S. But we are prepared for them to hit us for two or three weeks. After that, it is our turn.' Saddam's effort will be on the land; he wants to have physical contact with the Americans where he can inflict big losses. His forces also will suffer big losses, but he feels he can absorb them and that Bush cannot...
...West Point, the young plebe was known variously as Norm, Schwarzie, Bear and, in recognition of his notorious temper, Stormin' Norman. Nobody ever called him Herb; Norm's father, who detested the name Herbert, refused to inflict it on his son but gave...
...level that prevailed just before the gulf crisis began. "Euphoria is too weak a word," observes John Lichtblau, president of the Petroleum Industry Research Foundation. "The market assumes that the allied forces will be victorious and that Saddam Hussein will not have a chance to inflict any damage" on oil supplies. Prices stabilized for a time after Iraq's missile attack on Israel, but then closed the week at $19.25 per bbl., the lowest level since mid-July...