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...would try to minimize casualties by avoiding a direct lunge into Kuwait and thus a head-on clash with Iraqi armor in the narrow coastal strip. An American offensive would rely heavily on aerial bombing; ground troops would probably flank Iraqi forces by swinging 100 miles inland and stage night + attacks, for which they are much better trained and equipped. Admiral William Crowe, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has no doubt that the U.S. would defeat Iraq -- "but at a terrible price...
Today: mostly sunny, highs in the mid 50s at the coast, the upper 60s inland. Wind becoming east 10 to 15 mph. Tonight: partly cloudy, low 45 to 50. Tomorrow: partly sunny, high 50s at the coast, 60s inland...
...explosive growth extended the bleak stretches of treeless housing tracts, especially inland. It intensified the traditional local conflict between a laid-back resort atmosphere and a stressful development. It imposed urban ills like crime and overcrowded jails. But at the same time it threw open the doors of opportunity, creating a fluid new nonpartisan politics. And, in the absence of blue-blood dynasties like those in Boston or San Francisco, it engendered an unapologetic admiration for new money...
Today: partly sunny and cold with a slight chance of flurries, highs in the upper 20s. North wind 10 to 20 mph. Tonight: mostly clear and cold, low 5 inland to the upper teens along the coast. Tomorrow: sunny, highs...
Along about February the annual exodus begins in earnest. Once the cold season takes hold, planes stop making regular flights to inland stations, and the ice layer spreads out to sea, making access by ship nearly impossible. Only a few hundred residents stay through the winter...