Word: musters
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...censorship of Cher's Video Canteen, a two-hour special of music videos hosted by the actress, whose scanty costumes are her trademark. Programmers for the VH-1 cable network, which sponsored the show, did exclude some videos from the program, including all by Madonna, but Cher passed muster by wearing jeans and a jacket. When Bob Hope staged his Christmas show for the troops, the Saudis passed the word that they weren't happy about his female troupers and that only women accompanied by their husbands were welcome in the kingdom. Thus the only woman on the tour...
...aimed to curtail the allied aerial campaign, the plan backfired as miserably as his earlier threat to put the now released Western hostages to the same use. "America is angry about this," said an irritated President Bush. "If ((Saddam)) thought this brutal treatment of pilots is the way to muster world support, he is dead wrong." Saddam's tactics also aroused disgust in Europe. "He's a man without pity," said British Prime Minister John Major. Both Bush and Major hinted that they might seek to prosecute Saddam for war crimes if the prisoners are mistreated...
...patches, plus Kuwait's part of Rumaila -- which together account for about 10% of Kuwait's production -- under Saddam's control. While the U.S. and its allies could still invade to force Saddam all the way out, popular support for such a move would be extremely difficult to muster...
...Supreme Court decision of Lynch v. Donnelly carried this nitpicking to extremes, declaring that Christmas trees, being secular holiday symbols, are acceptable holiday decorations on public property, while nativity scenes are impermissible. Presumably, a nativity scene that included a few reindeer and Stars of David would also pass muster...
...contenders like the Chicago Bears and the Washington Redskins do not stage an upset -- in the sometimes frigid, windy confines of Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The winner goes on to the Super Bowl and will be favored to beat the best the rival American Football Conference can muster. Among the most likely A.F.C. candidates are the Miami Dolphins, the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Raiders...