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...their sessions, which last between 30 and 45 minutes, the seniors stretch and swing most all parts of their body, performing everything from chair pushups and leg kicks to neck rotations and finger exercises...

Author: By Jonathan Samuels, | Title: Cambridge's Senior Citizens Make the Effort to Stay Fit | 2/20/1991 | See Source »

...meantime from U.S. bombing? What number of casualties, and over how long a period, can the U.S. stand without a disastrous loss in public support for the war? Conversely, how many more Iraqi civilian deaths, real or alleged, can the Arab world witness without an almost equally devastating accelerated swing to support for Saddam? And can the allied coalition hold together, especially if Soviet support softens -- as Mikhail Gorbachev's weekend statement suggests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battlefront: Calculus of Death | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

...swing in social values may also influence the intensity and breadth of the entire movement...

Author: By June Shih, | Title: War Protests Not What They Used to Be | 1/30/1991 | See Source »

Once the bombing had softened up the Iraqi positions, U.S. ground forces could go into action. Part of the force might swing to the west to cut off Iraqi forces in southern Iraq while other units mounted a frontal attack to smash through enemy defenses in Kuwait. Though military tradition holds that an attacking force must have a 3-to-1 superiority in numbers to be confident of victory, U.S. troops have good reasons for discounting those odds in a battle against Iraq. Among them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advantage: The Alliance | 1/21/1991 | See Source »

...Bush continued to insist that the sole purpose in meeting with the Iraqis is to convey to Saddam forcefully that he must leave Kuwait unconditionally or face defeat in war. "I'm not in a negotiating mood," Bush declared during a swing through South America last week. While welcoming Saddam's promise to free the hostages, Bush insisted, "We've got to keep the pressure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf Options for Peace | 12/17/1990 | See Source »

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