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The oil spill off the shores of Kuwait, which was widely reported to be the largest in history -- some 11 million bbl. -- is now estimated to be one- quarter to one-twentieth that size, making it smaller than the 1979-80 Gulf of Mexico spill at the offshore drilling rig...
Two hours later, at 5 p.m., senior State Department officials, joined by representatives from the Defense Department, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the White House and the CIA, met behind closed doors in Secretary of Defense James Baker's conference room. There, CIA Deputy Director Richard Kerr made an ominous...
But the proof of the Pudding is in the laughs, and Safari Sagoodi doesn't fail in that respect. "Don't worry about the substance, 'cause we've got tons of style," the cast sings in "Gilt Complex," the opening number. The rest of the show bears out that prediction...
A more cynical prediction is that those deaths, like so many other violent and untimely ones, could eventually lose their impact on the American psyche. Tiananmen Square, Panama, Lithuania all captured the nation's attention and held it briefly before they smeared into background noise. Since the fighting began, many...
FDIC Chairman L. William Seidman disputed the CBO's bleak prediction, contending that the insurance fund would remain "solvent but weak." Seidman said the banking industry could bolster the fund without help from taxpayers. But Seidman did acknowledge that if the recession lasts for more than a year, the fund...