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...Rudi is our man on the scene who makes things happen -- in this case orchestrating a generator, spark plugs and picture-transmission equipment in a nonfunctioning capital to begin sending TIME copy and photographs. He also performs as local chief of morale, finding rooms on a low floor to spare staffers the stairs and even coming up with a rare set of clean sheets...
...this quick conversational self-portrait of the artist as an inspector of milk-carton dates, even for a second, the impression is immediately erased when Joni Mitchell's new album, Night Ride Home, kicks in with the title cut. The instrumentation is spare, the melody light and tight as a fresh-spun web, the lyrics casual, conversational and smooth as a stone in a Zen garden. It takes a good deal of practical education to make something as intricate as her music seem so simple. And -- yes, all right -- so fresh...
...captured by the British units informed the allies that before the war started, Iraq distributed substantial supplies of chemical weapons along the front lines to be held for the ground war. The British also learned that Iraqi gunners were suffering from serious maintenance problems and had great difficulty getting spare parts, and that Iraqi helicopters had randomly sown anti-personnel mines along the front to harass advancing troops...
...agenda: intense hostility to legal efforts by civil libertarians to restrict police behavior and uphold individual rights. He says, "I'm hard put to find any organization that is so actively opposed to communitarian issues as the A.C.L.U." The American Civil Liberties Union already has critics to spare; George Bush made it a major theme of his 1988 campaign against Michael Dukakis. Moreover, A.C.L.U. executive director Ira Glasser argues, "The problem with the Etzioni group is that they assume incorrectly that individual rights are not a public good...
...measures build on long-standing military regulations that spare from combat anyone who is a sole surviving child or whose closest relatives have been killed in battle. Says Boxer: "This is a volunteer army, but these are not volunteer children. They took no part in any decision that may leave them without parents." The Pentagon says it opposes the measures. But as the prospect of a costly ground war grows, the matter could become an emotional issue on Capitol Hill...