Word: saddamism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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GEORGE BUSH IS A MAN OF CAUtion, but not infinitely so. Saddam Hussein sees violence as a useful tool. The two were destined to fight again. With one eye on the history books and another on the sandglass marking the final hours of his presidency, Bush seemed determined to show Saddam Hussein one last time that he was not to be trifled with. Saddam, fully relishing the irony that his own reign would outlast that of his chief nemesis, could not resist tweaking Bush. This time Bush had no patience for the game and ordered a bombing raid that...
Even Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, victim ofa string of U.S. air attacks this week, offeredhis own brand of inaugural blessings yesterday bypromising a brief cease-fire...
...best way to describe the Harvard women's swimming team's 152-147 loss to Yale last Friday at Blodgett is to let the Saddam-swattin', globe-hoppin,' Eli-graduatin' macho lameduck himself tell the story...
...that might keep tensions high: U.N. weapons inspectors would not be allowed to fly on U.N. planes inside Iraq. He obviously wants to test George Bush's resolve in his last days in office, and Bill Clinton's too. (Clinton has taken quite as strong a stand as Bush). Saddam may also be hoping that some countries may tire of the confrontations and cease supporting the U.S. China went along with previous anti-Iraq moves in the U.N. Security Council, where it has veto power, but this time protested the allied ultimatum. Keeping Saddam caged may not be the worst...
BOSNIA, SOMALIA, SADDAM HUSSEIN -- THEY'LL ALL BE Bill Clinton's problems next week. And they'll be the easy ones. Not even the thornier foreign issues that await the new President will nag as much as the nation's domestic economic troubles, the continuing crisis Bill Clinton has been elected to solve. As the deficit climbs, it is hard to know who is telling the truth, who should be blamed (if anyone), and harder still to get a fix on what exactly Clinton plans to do -- largely because the President-elect is enjoying the honeymoon that all newly elected...