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Despite the mounting opposition to Powell's invitation, at least one conservative campus organization--the Association Against Learning in the Absence of Morality (AALARM)--still backs the general who led the armed forces through the Persian Gulf War two years...
Powell's fame for his conduct during the Persian Gulf War might have made him an appropriate Commencement speaker in 1991. Today, though, he is defined as much by his support for discrimination as he is by his past accomplishments...
...going the way of Iran? That question will be on the mind of both Bill Clinton and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak when the two men meet in Washington this week. Though fundamentalists are at odds with all the secular Arab governments of North Africa, the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, Mubarak is a special target. His country has not only made a separate peace with the archenemy, Israel, but has also joined the Western alliance in the Gulf War and continues to work closely with...
Powell is the first Black man ever to become chair of the Joint Chiefs. The youngest four star general ever to hold the post. Powell gained international recognition when he advised former President Bush, Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney and the National Security Council during the Persian Gull...
Meanwhile, kiosks offering plants, parrots, puppies and Persian kittens occupy much of the sidewalk space on The Rambles, Barcelona's touristy retail boulevard. On Friday afternoons visitors and city residents alike mob the Passeig de Gracia because the weather's nice, they feel like it and they're happy...