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...Hague. In this scenario, Saddam would pull out fully, ! supposedly without conditions but with the understanding that Iraq and Kuwait would then take their territorial conflicts to the World Court for arbitration. If Saddam can produce proof of his claims that Kuwait encroached on Iraqi territory and used slant-drilling technology to take more than its share from the baguette-shaped Rumaila oil field, which straddles the two countries, he could win compensation...
...partial-pullout scenario contemplates Saddam retreating to the northern third of Kuwait, an area of few people but some oil. The Rumaila field, whose southern tip reaches into Kuwait, has long been a sore point for Baghdad. Saddam has accused Kuwait of slant drilling -- siphoning oil from the Iraqi portion of the field through equipment located in Kuwait, an allegation the Kuwaitis deny. "Do you want to know what would probably happen if Saddam retreated to that remote part of Kuwait?" asks a White House aide. "The coalition not only wouldn't go to war to drive Iraq...
...number of students whose background puts a different slant on what is essentially a national holiday. "This is just like a long weekend for me," said Shugoo Imam '94 of Pakistan, professing an immunity to teary-eyed holiday sentiment...
...Name Is Alice is a short, conventional cabaret guaranteed to offend no one. No risks are taken. Perhaps its feminist slant merits the show a spot? Hardly. Although A...My Name Is Alice is written for women, over half of its 28 writers are men. And although it explores women's feelings and relationships, it reinforces rather than destroys old stereotypes--the secretary dreaming of romance, the man-hating feminist poet. So the Ex is an odd place for this show...
...first: Whose "traditional values" are the members of AALARM promoting? Each individual's? Mine? Almost anyone not familiar with the reactionary slant of this organization could endorse their vague list: "Stand up for faith, family, country, community...