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...figure out what direction we should take." While the range of options includes military action either in northern Iraq or in the whole country, the White House prefers for the present to work on the diplomatic front. Saddam has been lobbying the international community, with some success, to loosen the U.N.'s economic sanctions against Iraq. The U.S. and other Western powers, though, are likely now to press even harder to maintain the sanctions. Being on the offensive is important in both diplomacy and warfare, and for now Saddam Hussein is on the offensive...
...celebrity became aristocracy, it became inheritable," says former Interview magazine editor Bob Colacello, who knew Hemingway as part of the crowd at the now legendary Studio 54. "She inherited this fame and this position." Hemingway later said she felt like an imposter in that world and started drinking "to loosen...
...comet itself, as the sun's heat turns its dirty, icy surface into dirty water vapor mixed with other gases. If a comet is on its maiden voyage to the inner solar system, though, its surface is encrusted with dust, which prevents much evaporation. The first visit may only loosen the crust, while later trips allow the ice to evaporate freely. That was evidently the problem with Kohoutek...
...chicken really foul? A consumer group charges that 25% of RAW CHICKENS harbor Salmonella and 90% are contaminated with Campylobacter, an equally stomach-sickening and potentially deadly bacterium. The study blames the practice of immersing carcasses in hot water to loosen feathers; the report, disputed by the poultry industry, says the water is not hot enough to kill the bacteria and encourages them to spread...
Changes that would loosen requirements for the formation of student groups were also approved by the council...