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Ironically, Israel stands to gain from the tensions. The right-wing government of Yitzhak Shamir is enjoying a reprieve from pressure to join Palestinians at the bargaining table. Shamir's repeated warnings that Saddam is serious in his threats to scorch Israel with chemical weapons are now being taken seriously...
...power-play goals, from Tim Barakett and Lane MacDonald, help the Crimson scorch the Elis...
...Iowa could deepen if the three-way battle drags out and grows bitter. For months the Bush campaign counted on its broad support and organization in the Southern states as a "fire wall" against any damage suffered in the early contests. But if Dole and Robertson continue to scorch him, Bush may not reach his fire wall intact -- and the others must hope that the spreading conflagration does not destroy the party's chances of keeping the White House...
Anthony Kennedy is a case- by- case conservative loath to proclaim any sweeping constitutional doctrine -- and that, along with his straight- arrow background, is why he may win Senate confirmation. -- Congress' s Iran- contra report will scorch the President for failing to uphold the law. -- Mentally disturbed Joyce Brown wins the right to remain homeless in New York...
...discouraging fact that new White House paint would peel in sheets only months after application. The Bureau of Standards and the Duron Paint Co. advised stripping off the accumulation, in some places 50 layers deep. Four years ago, the east wall was cleaned and yielded its story for Seale. Scorch marks from the fire set in 1814 by the British rascal General Robert Ross were still visible. Lumpy mounds turned out to be exquisite carvings, done by skilled immigrant stonecarvers who had fled the turmoil in Europe. One good thing about all that slapdash painting: the sandstone was in excellent...