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...contention that force was necessary to make the sanctions stick gained credibility last week. According to White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater, Iraq was getting round the prohibitions to obtain military materiel as well as supplies used in the production of chemical weapons. Other Administration officials say the countries responsible include Libya, Yemen, Taiwan and South Africa. Yemen had earlier indicated that it would live up to its reluctant promise to abide by the embargo. It did allow one Iraqi tanker to unload at the port of Aden, but in response to international pressure it later refused to allow two others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: The Center Holds - for Now | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

...help, she tells me I'm doing it wrong. I quit. I'm not interested in being criticized all the time.' " Such conflicts often reflect deeper issues of power and expectation. "There's a lot of denial around the issues of envy and competition," says family psychotherapist Emily Marlin. "Who's doing better? And what does that mean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: When Jobs Clash | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

...same time, people are growing disillusioned with the rewards of high- powered, high-profile careers. "People are asking, 'Where am I really going on the fast track?' " says psychotherapist Marlin. "They aren't dropping out, like in the '60s, but they are more introspective about the kinds of things they feel are ultimately going to be satisfying." Increasingly, couples speak of "quality-of-life" issues, as they weigh the demands of work against the desire for more family and leisure time. Worship at the career altar is becoming passe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: When Jobs Clash | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

...mansion of President Samuel K. Doe, said he wanted the arrests "to create an international incident, so foreign troops can come in to intervene." The rebel leader may have thought that a foreign presence would help to topple Doe. At the White House Sunday morning, presidential press secretary Marlin Fitzwater made it clear the U.S. was not taking sides. The Marines' landing, he said, "does not indicate or constitute any intention on the part of the U.S. government to intervene militarily in the Liberian conflict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Liberia The Marines to the Rescue | 8/13/1990 | See Source »

...defense of Saudi Arabia is paramount,"White House spokesperson Marlin Fitzwater saidyesterday. It is, he added, "clearly in thenational interest to stop [Iraqi President] SaddamHussein...

Author: By Jonathan M. Berlin, WIRE DISPATCHES | Title: U.N. Passes Boycott Of All Iraqi Exports | 8/7/1990 | See Source »

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