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...FEBRUARY OF 1991 the United States decided to send troops to the Persian Gulf to prevent Iraqi aggression against Kuwait. In February of 1992 the United States decided to deny asylum to thousands of Haitians seeking refuge from harassment and violence...
Thus the job of pummeling Buchanan will fall to Bush surrogates, including Vice President Dan Quayle and former Marine Corps Commandant General P.X. Kelley. They will crisscross the South, appealing to the region's patriotism by depicting Buchanan as a neo-isolationist who opposed the Persian Gulf...
...long preferred, Bush will stick to the high road, stressing his handling of the Persian Gulf war and other foreign policy issues. In recent speeches, Bush has maintained that he was too busy personally turning "the world around" during his first term to devote himself to domestic problems. In his second term, he promises to do better. As he put it last week in Knoxville, "We stand today at what I think most people would agree is a pivot point in history, at the end of one era and the beginning of another...
Five Masters of Persian and Indian Painting: Sultan-Muhammad, Mir Sayyid 'Ali, Basawan, Payag, and the Kotar Mastert--Through March 8. Sackler Museum...
...year low in January. Airlines are estimating a $2 billion loss for 1991. Hotels are struggling along with occupancy rates barely above 60%. Yet cruise ships are leaving ports from Miami to Los Angeles, New York City to Seattle, with their cabins more than 90% full. Despite the Persian Gulf war and the recession, the cruise industry posted a 10% gain in 1991. A record 4 million Americans took cruises last year, up from a mere half a million in 1970. Carnival Cruise Lines, the world's largest, and No. 2 Royal Caribbean Cruises report record- setting sales this year...