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...probable U.S. and allied attack strategy: U.S. and Arab troops may stage frontal assaults to keep Iraqi troops pinned down and launch a secondary thrust along the Persian Gulf coast. But the main assault could be a left hook: an attack around the western tip of Kuwait into Iraq proper, looping back to cut off the dug-in troops. As for tactics, the primary way to breach the fortifications would be simply to try to blast a way through with aerial bombs. If that does not work, combat engineers would use "line charges" -- bombs thrown out on cables to form...
...third episode in the series will follow the students through their first year of residency, which they will begin this summer. The show will examine how they deal with the enormous responsibilities now thrust upon them...
...almost certainly means the death of thousands of lives on both sides, skyrocketing oil prices and the high cost of waging war will push our economy even further into recession, and the possibility even exists (in the event that Israel is attacked) that the entire Middle East will be thrust into a no-holds-barred conflagration, including the use of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons...
...burden thrust on an employer for the use of subjective criteria are light," said William Gould, Beardsley professor of law at Stanford University. "It's very hard for plaintiffs to win these cases...
Jackson's remarks gave a new thrust to the mayor's claim that his prosecution was racially motivated. "I understand that there are different sets of standards for different people, and that's the American injustice system," Barry declared after his sentencing. What lends credence to Barry's charge is the leniency shown to other politically prominent defendants who happen to be white. Oliver North escaped a prison sentence for his three $ felony convictions in 1989, since overturned. Reagan insider Michael Deaver also avoided jail two years ago. Deaver, who could have been given up to 15 years for felony...