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...lately congressional Democrats are trying to credit Bush with Saddam's rise as well as his retreat. No fewer than three House committees are looking into the charge that, first as Vice President under Ronald Reagan and then as President, Bush provided Iraq with substantial U.S. assistance that strengthened Saddam's hand as a regional menace. Even as it became clear that Baghdad was moving to dominate its neighbors, Bush, Secretary of State James Baker and other White House officials urged the Commerce and Defense departments to approve sales to Iraq of sensitive U.S. technology that found its way into...
...electronic gear, but there are nostalgic and whimsical touches too, like Elvis Presley's bass from Heartbreak Hotel, the Mellotron from Strawberry Fields Forever and a Megaroids video game. Next to the studio is a cozy kitchen featuring a spread of Linda's veggie foods. Upstairs is a retreat for writing amid the scent of fresh flowers and patchouli...
Also working in the Pantanal's favor is the inaccessibility of the central core of the huge floodplain. The enormous, uninhabited wetlands provide a refuge where animals can retreat from hunting and other human intrusions. Munn notes that the area has survived deforestation in large sections of its watershed and that the effects of industrialization in the surrounding states have so far been minimal. "If this glass is half empty," he says, surveying the wild diversity of wading birds, flycatchers and kingfishers feeding at the flooded edge of a pasture, "I can't imagine what it would look like full...
Next week, all 10 deans and the five vicepresidents will assemble for a two-day retreat onthe wooded campus of the Academy of Arts andSciences in Cambridge...
...week from today, Harvard's president,deans, vice presidents and a few otheradministrators will hole up at the Academy of Artsand Sciences. Two two-day retreat, where all theplans will be presented, could be a showcase ofteam unity...