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...segments of American life who were willing to share the burden, including here in the Harvard community. Throughout six difficult months of separation and worry, Diane and I received what can only be described as tremendous support. I received literally hundreds of morale boosting letters while serving in the Persian Gulf area, and the expressions of concern and friendship Diane received made a big difference for her here at home...

Author: By Glen Meakem, | Title: Soldier Says 'Thanks' to Harvard | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...really. This was probably the only food gimmick to come out of the Persian Gulf war. One of Manhattan's top steakhouses, Gallagher's, reported a big increase in orders for this cholesterol-heavy dish after General Norman Schwarzkopf pronounced it a favorite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991: Food | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...really. This was probably the only food gimmick to come out of the Persian Gulf war. One of Manhattan's top steakhouses, Gallagher's, reported a big increase in orders for this cholesterol-heavy dish after General Norman Schwarzkopf pronounced it a favorite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991 | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...impact of bombs and marauding armies was bad enough. So why did Iraq have to dump millions of gallons of oil into the fragile waters of the Persian Gulf and thus devastate its marine life? And set an estimated 650 oil-well fires that spewed untold tons of smoke into the air? Some of the direst predictions, including altered weather patterns across Asia, failed to materialize, and the well fires were put out in only eight months (actually faster than expected). But in Kuwait itself, the air remained acrid the whole time, and the oil that seeped into the sandy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991: Environment | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...foreign policy, the less said the better -- as is true for all his Democratic rivals. Clinton has shown a little foreign policy leg on trade missions abroad, and he was the only Democratic candidate to support the Persian Gulf war unequivocally. He thinks the isolationism and protectionism being thumped by several Democrats as well as Republican Pat Buchanan are shortsighted. He prefers to move the discussion back to domestic policy as quickly as Bush gets onto a plane to avoid it. Economic growth, Clinton argues, is the solution. "The Soviet Union didn't disintegrate from attack by outside forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Clinton: Front Runner By Default | 12/30/1991 | See Source »

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