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Secondly, we are disturbed by Bush's propensity to surround himself with yes-men. Since August, the president has relied almost exclusively on the advice of four like-minded officials: James Baker, Brent Scowcroft, Colin Powell and Dick Cheney. President Kennedy conducted the Bay of Pigs Fiasco in a similar manner. He then sought a wide range of advice during the Cuban Missile Crisis. That's one reason there wasn't a Cuban Missile Fiasco. Even if you eventually reject your opposition's dissenting views, it doesn't hurt to hear them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It Was a War Worth Winning | 3/5/1991 | See Source »

...these normal cells may turn tumorous and begin to divide very rapidly, expanding to the size of a pin prick. The normal cells that surround the tumor get pushed outward by the proliferating cancer cells. There are two likely outcomes from this condition: Figure 3A or Figure...

Author: By Oliver C. Chin, | Title: How a Tumor Grows: The Harvard Story | 2/14/1991 | See Source »

While he is reluctant to force out the Baltic governments because of the price he would pay abroad, Gorbachev has accepted the use of the military fist in an attempt to intimidate them. He is probably under pressure to go much further by the hardliners who now surround him: his original perestroika team has been replaced by a Vice President from the Communist Party hierarchy, a KGB man and a combat general at the Interior Ministry, and an unreconstructed cold warrior at the head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: The Edge of Darkness | 2/4/1991 | See Source »

...earth, creating a display of luminous red, green and purple clouds over much of North and South America, the Atlantic and Western Europe. Scientists hope that by monitoring the movement of the clouds, they will improve their ability to predict disturbances in the magnetic and electrical fields that surround the earth, and learn how the planet absorbs energy from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCIENCE: NASA's Light Show | 1/21/1991 | See Source »

Further, The Crimson attempts to accuse our group of obstructing the view of the audience. This is again a blatant misrepresentation of reality. The only reason the audience's view became obstructed is because it moved forward to surround us at the urging of the organizers, in an obvious attempt to intimidate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Defense of Defending Defense | 1/7/1991 | See Source »

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