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...pointless to second-guess Bush for not taking the other path. It is even more futile to wonder how the Middle East might look after an allied victory. Unintended consequences are a by-product of any action. The only certainty is that nothing could be worse than for Saddam to prevail. The possibility of other bad actors filling a postwar power vacuum will simply have to be met later on a case-by-case basis, or perhaps through the eventual convocation of a peace conference that would address both the Israeli- Palestinian conflict and the region's massive overarmament...
...could have let the sanctions continue without setting a deadline for Iraq's departure from Kuwait. But with decision time at hand, it seems pointless to second-guess President Bush. If war breaks out, it will not be an accident. Both sides would rather fight than switch...
...stages his cycle of black experience in this century. Outwardly, little happens in this slice of life in a Pittsburgh luncheonette in 1968, yet the play subtly re-enacts the era's black political dialectic. The finale is pure serendipity: a petty street crime at once appalling and ennobling, pointless and profound...
...Minister Andrei Lukanov's inability to alleviate chronic fuel and food shortages sparked weeks of street demonstrations. Last week after a four-day strike that paralyzed much of the country, Lukanov resigned. Appearing on television, he blamed the opposition for blocking his efforts toward reform, adding that it was "pointless" to * continue as Prime Minister. In Sofia demonstrators greeted the news with dancing and champagne...
...abrupt frames which lopped off heads and feet created a jarring view of the scene. These frames were unoriginally employed--ever since Toulouse-Lautrec, the arbitrary, non-classical frame has been employed to make audience members re-evaluate their perspective, but here that re-evaluation seemed pointless. To say the least, the frames have been more successfully employed in the past...