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...defeat was equally swift. With the south subdued, Saddam was able to move 100,000 more troops north, rapidly outnumbering the Kurdish fighters. Within a week government forces had relieved the siege of Mosul, the third largest city in Iraq. In the same period, Kirkuk, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Zakhu and other Kurdish-occupied cities were reconquered...
...This was nothing more than a partisan battle between the Democrats and Governor Weld," said Sen. Jane Swift (R-North Adams). "The reality was that this was a $36,000 item that would have no bearing on the budget deficit...
...have seen the future, and to their horror, it works. Generals in Moscow and Beijing are organizing conferences and ordering up studies, but their conclusions are already clear: neither the Soviet nor the Chinese armed forces can match the high-technology weapons and tactics the U.S. displayed in its swift demolition of Iraq...
Clearly, we are not in Twin Peaks territory. Miller-Boyett's shows are what used to be described as lowest-common-denominator programming: cuddly, heartwarming, undemanding. They usually focus on wholesome families with incurably cute tots and problems that are solved in a few swift strokes just before the closing credits. Their interchangeable theme songs reinforce the upbeat message. "Standin' tall on the wings of my dream," goes the ditty for Perfect Strangers, while Going Places celebrates the "wide open spaces for my dreams," and Family Matters opens jauntily: "All I see is a tower of dreams/ Real love bursting...
When Johnny comes marching home, will the rest of us celebrate by tramping off to the mall or auto showroom? Business-people and investors across America are pondering that question, trying to balance widespread forecasts of at least one more recessionary quarter against the euphoria of a swift battlefield victory. Does peace mean prosperity? If the gulf war didn't start this recession, what role will Kuwait's liberation play in ending...