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...could be affected by U.S. sticks and carrots. It is understandable that Bush would want to bring Iraq into the community of nations, but some government experts now think Saddam never had any interest in Washington's blandishments. U.S. policy was based on the belief that he wanted to reconstruct his country after the exhausting war with Iran and would need access to the West to do so. Instead Saddam resumed an interrupted march toward domination of the Arab world and figured raiding the Kuwaiti piggy bank would be a surer path to riches than borrowing from the West...
...ingenuity of his clothing. Even more amazing is the evidence that Neolithic people had discovered the antibiotic properties of plants. Among other surprises, the Iceman has shown irrefutably that human haircuts and tattoos have been in vogue a good deal longer than anyone suspected. Researchers have also begun to reconstruct the extraordinary coincidences of weather and geography that led to the Iceman's death, his long interment and his startling re-emergence 53 centuries later...
...Kennedy could shed light on only a few minor mysteries, such as the fate of the President's brain. It was removed during the autopsy, but it may have been buried later at Kennedy's grave site. Enough documentation exists from the autopsy report, X rays and photos to reconstruct the bullets' paths. Starrs, a longtime Kennedy admirer, balks at the thought of unearthing the slain President. Says he: "That's like exhuming my father...
Immediately after hearing Rabin's message, the Bush Administration moved to reconstruct ties that were badly strained under Rabin's predecessor, Yitzhak Shamir of the right-wing Likud party. Bush dispatched Secretary of State James Baker to meet with the new Israeli administration and arrange for the next round of regional peace talks, scheduled to take place in Rome in a month or two. Given Rabin's pledge to slow construction of settlements in the occupied territories, Israeli and American officials expressed confidence that Washington would approve at least part of the $10 billion in loan guarantees Jerusalem is seeking...
Laboratory analysis will help provide answers to some of the questions, William's says. Back in the lab, Stubbs will date and inventory the artifacts and reconstruct some of the vessels...