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...failure of the Geneva talks -- and particularly the impression of Iraqi intransigence -- made a confrontation seem all but inevitable and swept congressional fence-sitters into the President's camp. "If war is more likely, more people want to be behind the President," explained Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton, an opponent of the Bush trot toward...
...went well, the Iraqi air force would be swept from the skies within the first couple of days. That would allow the air attacks to be stepped up . even more, cutting Iraqi supply and communications lines and leaving the occupation forces inside Kuwait unable to replenish their supplies of ammunition, food and, above all, water. Some U.S. aircraft would be lost to Iraq's enormous ground-defense system, but the toll might be relatively low. Congressman Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, estimates that no more than 10 U.S. planes a day would be shot down...
...cold hand of war was once again claiming the capital. Next day a White House security man spotted a suspicious bundle, and suddenly the iron gates clanged shut. Pennsylvania Avenue and the sidewalks in front of the mansion were swept clear of people and traffic. Police cars, lights flashing, came in coveys until the package was found to be harmless...
...Crimson women were eliminated early, as the Huskies swept the first six events of the day. Northeastern's Deena Washington set the tone by outrunning Harvard's Merrill McKenzie and Nicole Pensa to win the mile. The N.U. sprinters were too much for Harvard, as Jackie Smith's seven-second scamper led a Huskies sweep of the 55-meter dash...
...Harvard Chess Team swept the 1990 Pan-American Intercollegiate Chess Championship last month with a perfect score of 6-0, defending the national title for the third year...