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Some Adams residents called the decision, made by masters and tutors in the house, paternalistic. One called it an "Orwellian nightmare." Such a claim is laughable. Democracy should be practiced in most house decision-making, but the tyranny of the majority should never prevail. The decision was an appropriate intervention to protect the rights of non-smokers...
...face the choice between a prolonged conflict or a partial survival of Saddam's power. Our overwhelming force will prevail. But what will we do after we have destroyed a good portion of Iraq's military, ravaged Iraq's industrial infrastructure, severed fresh-water-supply systems in major cities and driven Iraqi military forces out of Kuwait? Will we pursue the retreating Iraqis mile by mile, ultimately to impose unconditional surrender...
...troops were called in, and a tense standoff was resolved only when Croatia agreed to demobilize -- but not disarm -- its police reservists. Unrepentant, Slaven Letica, an aide to Croatian president Franjo Tudjman, declared, "If it comes to civil war, Croatia is willing to fight and confident that it will prevail...
What is certain to prevail is the intractable conflict that has riven Yugoslavia's two major nationalities since the country was established. The Serbs, who threw off Turkish rule in the 19th century, are Christian Orthodox; the Croatians, who were subjugated by the Habsburg Empire, are Catholics. Their mutual hatred and distrust keep growing more virulent as nationalist ambitions seethe throughout Eastern Europe. Only the suzerainty of socialism imposed by Josip Broz Tito after World War II managed for a time to keep the rivalry in check...
Iraq, which had mounted virtually no defense to the unprecedented allied air onslaught, had expressed eagerness for the ground confrontation. The allies indicated they expected to prevail, but agreed that a land clash would be a costly and bloody...