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...proposal to lift the embargo while one-third of the Iraqi troops remained in Kuwait was a particularly sore point for Washington and friendly capitals. The coalition has counted on an embargo continuing even after full withdrawal to keep Saddam's aggressive ambitions in check. Otherwise, they worry, he could use a renewed flow of oil revenues to buy weapons to replace those destroyed by American bombers and emerge in a few years a greater menace than ever. Annulment of all U.N. resolutions after withdrawal would relieve Iraq of any pressure to pay reparations for ravishing Kuwait. Whether such reparations...
...closed the gap as Co-Captain Ralph James ignited a 12-4 Crimson comeback that brought Harvard back into the game. The senior guard, who missed last weekend's games because of a shoulder injury, showed off a shooting arm that did not appear to be the least bit sore. James hit two three-pointers from the top of the key, the second of which brought the Crimson to within five, 40-35. Tarik Campbell then hit a layup in traffic as the clock wound down, reducing Yale's lead to three, 40-37, at intermission...
Harvard was able to buckle down and keep the Tigers away from the net in the final seconds. Kudos to the defense, Stickles and Walton in particular. Cullinane also showed a lot of courage playing regular shifts on a visibly sore right...
...example, in a recent endrocinology tutorial the students discussed a patient with thyroid problems. The class then examined the case of the sophomore at Harvard who visits the University Health Services because of fever, sore throat and ear ache. The diagnosis: a thyroid problem...
...next four years, while an increasingly frustrated Awad waited in America, U.S. intelligence agents hunted Rashid without success. The CIA occasionally got word that he had been spotted, but always too late. Through it all, the bombings continued, and Abu Ibrahim remained a sore point in U.S.-Iraqi relations. In late 1984, as the war with Iran drained resources, U.S. officials claim, Iraq finally agreed to force him into retirement. Rashid and many other May 15 assets simply transferred to a Palestine Liberation Organization commando unit known as the Special Operations Group. "The terrorism continued, just under a different name...