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...ancient Chinese jades as well as one of the most comprehensive Korean ceramics collections anywhere. Since the early '70s, when John Kenneth Galbraith first donated his Indian miniatures, Harvard has specialized in East Asian, Islamic and African art. Some of the strongest collections throughout Harvard's system are in Persian and Mughal Indian two-dimensionals, Japanese surimono prints and the Chinese and Korean jades and ceramics mentioned above. Much of this material also came to Harvard during the Forbes-Sachs years, including the initial Chinese and Korean pieces which grew into the world's largest collections of their kind...
...White House says the agreement will create 100,000 jobs, mostly in Washington state and California. "Although this deal is not quite a quid pro quo, it can be considered a partial payback for our role in keeping Saddam Hussein out of Saudi Arabia's backyard during the Persian Gulf War," says defense correspondent Mark Thompson. "The Saudis would look pretty bad if they turned to Europe's Airbus to build the planes after what the U.S. did for them in the war." Saudia, the national airline of Saudi Arabia, will purchase 23 777-200 twin jets and five...
Neoisolationist voices in Congress argue that forces should be deployed only when our security is directly at stake. While such threats may include an attack on Persian Gulf oil resources, they have little tolerance for humanitarian concerns or international...
...Persian Gulf war helped Bush's credibility, but when that euphoria faded, the 1992 election left the way open for President Clinton's claim that he was a "new Democrat," D'Amato said...
...ironic that Powell owes his fame to the arguably successful outcome of the Persian Gulf War. As The New York Times Magazine pointed out in a piece earlier this summer, Powell was reluctant to commit U.S. forces to the war. He only offered military options to Defense Secretary Dick Cheney after they were demanded...