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...specific actions Clinton selected required more subtle calibration. He rejected more robust but riskier attacks on Baghdad installations or the invading Iraqi forces. The U.S. would strike, as Perry explained, on ground of its own choosing in the south. Washington would be able to expand its longer-term strategic advantage by taking control of a larger share of Iraq's airspace, a move that would also humiliate Saddam in front of his own military. Thus, the decisions to fire two volleys of high-tech, low-casualty cruise missiles against 15 air-defense sites south of Baghdad...
Well, maybe. Clinton defined his success by claiming that Iraq's leader was now "strategically worse off." Most analysts say the practical impact on Saddam is minimal and any longer-term effect hard to gauge. More important is how Clinton scored in the ongoing U.S. vs. Iraq psychodrama. At home the President did just fine. He shut off carping about "fecklessness" from the Dole camp and forced his rival to declare support for the military operation. A TIME/CNN poll gave Clinton a 69% approval rating for his missile reprisal...
...weakest link, according to those involved in the discussions, is Schwimmer. He is said to be balking at a longer-term contract, which Warner would surely demand in exchange for more generous remuneration. An aspiring movie star, Schwimmer may have something better to do, but it's probably not The Pallbearer...
...above all this stands Hyman, a sophomore with a longer-term vision, unburdened by the history of the council's past...
What does emerge from the longer-term data is that prolonged use of estrogen appears to increase the risk of breast cancer and other malignancies. And the longer estrogen is taken, the greater the risks. For instance, a study of 240,000 women sponsored by the American Cancer Society found that those who took estrogen for at least six years had a 40% increased risk of fatal ovarian cancer. For those taking estrogen for 11 or more years, the increase jumped...