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...answer, paradoxically, seems to be yes on all three counts. U.S. officials are concerned that Saddam may have found in Iran, against which Iraq fought a bloody eight-year war, an ally to help him punch a hole in the embargo. Nonetheless, they think, and diplomats in Baghdad agree, that Iraq may soon propose a new negotiated solution -- though on terms the U.S. would find highly unacceptable...
...wore a uniform that said I was"); his early years with music ("Stunk at everything I did. Music was the one thing I felt proud of"); his first encounter with Sandy Mahl, whom he would marry in 1986 (Brooks was a bouncer in a club. She threw a punch that went through a wall. But "I don't want anyone to think she's not a lady"); and his hungry times before breaking through, when he "went to Nashville expecting to see my name up on water tanks...
Bush is mildly disappointed with the response from Europe, Britain and France excepted. He is pleased as punch that Mikhail Gorbachev stepped up to be counted with the U.S. Japan came through pretty well; more is expected. The President knows he must recast relations with Israel, design new approaches for Syria and Iran. And those are just the tasks that he faces over his Eastern ocean horizon. At his back and underfoot is his own nation, supportive and giving for the moment, but restive and argumentative and feeling the strains of a new age dawning...
Hoff still believes that his Intel group legitimately beat Hyatt to the punch. Yet some patent lawyers say Hyatt's new patent appears to apply to all microprocessor chips and the millions of personal computers and other products (from pocket calculators to videocassette recorders) that depend on them. Industry executives by and large are keeping mum, but if Hyatt's patent is broadly interpreted by courts, it could make him super-rich. According to analysts, a standard nonexclusive licensing fee of 3% of the value of computer products sold would translate into a $210 million payment just for last year...
Overall, Showtime's trio of adaptations packs some emotional punch, but there is a slick professional sameness to the stories that suggests production by committee. Meanwhile, HBO's Hills Like White Elephants, a haunting brief encounter frozen in time by good acting and writing, shows how it can and ought to be done...