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...takes a roseate imagination to conceive of any best-case, low-cost outcome...
MILITARY. The price in lives -- on both sides -- is the hardest to forecast. Says Anthony Cordesman, a Washington-based military analyst: "War is one big experiment." It is just possible a coup in Baghdad would topple Saddam Hussein and bring the war to a quick, low-cost conclusion...
...term, to negotiate American intermediate-range missiles out of Europe, he provoked far less anguish among his movement conservative supporters than Richard Nixon did when he went to China. Reagan, unlike Nixon, had a reserve fund of trust, and he drew on it. A more pertinent example of a low-cost Reagan switch comes from his days as Governor of California. Reagan, as part of his general opposition to high taxes, believed that taxpaying should be an obvious and unpleasant activity -- "Taxes should hurt" was a favorite slogan -- and he was therefore opposed to state income tax withholding, a position...
...Square's many fine used bookstores. The recently relocated McIntyre and Moore has the largest selection, and also sells crystals. Used bookstores like Mac and Moore may not always have the particular book you're looking for, but they are always good for browsing and an occassional low-cost purchase. Mac and Moore has an extensive non-fiction section (especially strong in the social sciences), but its fiction offerings are sparse...
...wary of taking any chances, the body failed to seize opportunities this fall to secure low-cost shows by popular music groups such as Squeeze...