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...have to be read against him because Iraq does not have large stockpiles of food, 75% of which it imports; its funds abroad are frozen; and he cannot export his oil. But with tight rationing and scrimping, and some leakage of supplies and spare parts, the country can probably squeak through from several months to a year or more of blockade without giving in to Western demands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf: Sitzkrieg in The Sand | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

...62nd annual Jumping Frog Jubilee at Angels Camp, Calif., site of Twain's tale. Though the California department of fish and game temporarily barred the superfrogs from the state as "undesirable," Koffman will try to convince the bureaucrats that the Goliaths pose no danger -- except perhaps to the pip-squeak American competitors in the Calaveras jump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amphibians: Out of Africa - Superfrogs! | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

...49ers did manage to squeak out an 81-77 overtime win. To watch them celebrate, you'd think the finger-pointing, junk-talking Long Beach hoopsters had knocked off Tarkanian's UNLV squad, a big west rival...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: B-ball California-Style: A Different Kind of Game | 1/4/1990 | See Source »

After the slow start, the Crimson started to score. And score. And score. All in all, eight unanswered goals crashed into the back of the MIT net. It wasn't until a minute left in the first half that MIT managed to squeak by a lone goal after its initial flurry. At the half, the Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Aquadudes Reign Over Engineers, 15-8 | 10/11/1989 | See Source »

...crying out in the woods. After she leaves the tent, the audience hears it too. The family tumbles into its car outside a diner near Amarillo, Texas, and resumes squabbling, only this time father and daughter swap roles and accustomed dialogue, and so do mother and son. The elders squeak about needing a bathroom break. The children trade curses about whose bad idea this adventure was, anyway. Then they screech off into the night, ostensibly with a grade-schooler in command of the steering wheel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Bowing Out with a Flourish | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

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