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...that was not exactly the most warlike battle cry ever issued, it was typical of a week of confusing and contradictory signals on whether the U.S. is preparing to launch an armed attack to oust Iraqi forces from Kuwait. After Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recommended that 100,000 U.S. troops be added to the 210,000 already deployed along the Persian Gulf, there were widespread rumors and speculation that the offensive would start soon after this week's congressional elections -- or before Christmas, or early in the new year...
...worth of canned tuna and rice. If Iraq tried to interfere with the mission, that might provide a pretext for massive military retaliation. Saddam's reaction was to put his commanders on "extreme alert" in order to "thwart the perfidious intentions of the United States and its allies to launch an attack in the coming few days...
What does America's space program have in common with a soprano saxophone? Quite a lot, when the instrument is played by Jane Ira Bloom, 35, a jazz virtuoso who was the first musician commissioned to create a work for NASA's art program. Witnessing a Discovery shuttle launch close up inspired her to compose a four-part suite entitled Rediscovery, which premiered at Cape Canaveral last fall. Long fascinated by the links between music and motion, Bloom has also composed scores for the famed Pilobolus Dance Theater and the repertory theater at Yale, where she earned a master...
Wong said statistics such as those published in The Workbook, a recycling magazine, inspired her to launch the project. According to the magazine, Americans produce 20 pounds of waste a day, totaling 1000 pounds per a year...
...right-wing Conservative Party is also stalling reform and has refused to accept De Klerk's invitation to participate in the talks. The party's current preoccupation, in fact, is an internal debate over whether to launch a civil- disobedience campaign against the government. Conservative pressure won't derail the reform process, but it could force De Klerk to act even more cautiously to preserve his white base of support...