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...cause Iraq to strike pre-emptively, and pre-emption is a card we may want to play ourselves. For Saddam this is World War III. He wins or he dies. If he thinks it's coming, why wouldn't he shoot first? If we could go first, it would lessen our losses on the ground and cause the least disruption to the world economy. If an ultimatum results in Saddam getting the jump, the chances of his crippling the region's oil production increases greatly...
...annual budget letter, Rosovsky said across-the-board spending reductions of up to 6 percent will be needed to lessen a runaway deficit. Only instructional salaries will be excluded, he said...
...There's no question Dan's said some things that probably were poorly stated. Jerry Ford holds the world's record for malapropisms. That does not lessen his worth as a human being or as a President...
...Texas. In the late '70s, when oil reached $34 per bbl., Northerners fumed while Energy Belt entrepreneurs got rich. The decline of oil prices and the collapse of inflated real estate values culminated in the 1986 crash that battered the state economy. Even though Texas is diversifying to lessen its dependence on oil production, the state could benefit once again from high- cost fuel. In new revenues alone, each $1-per-bbl. increase would bring $50 million into state coffers. Stephen Brown, a senior economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, estimates that if oil remains...
...worse than sunburn. In 1990 some 600,000 new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed, most of them caused by exposure to the sun, and 8,800 will die. The light skinned and fair haired are the most vulnerable, but wearing sunscreens, hats and protective clothing can lessen the risk, especially during childhood and teenage years...