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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle So Far, So Good | 1/28/1991 | See Source »

...line of Jim Blaeser, Mark Kaufmann and Stephen Maltby against the Crimson first line all night--or al least until Tomassoni broke his first line up in the middle of the third period. Although kaufmann does not knock anyone over at 5'9" and 165 pounds, his linemates both tip the scales at 190-plus, and their forechecking was effective...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Weisbrod To Miss at Least Three Weeks | 1/16/1991 | See Source »

...objectionable to the Bush Administration and are thus unlikely to bring meaningful results. King Hussein peddled his proposed solution during his spin through Europe. He offered a face-saving plan that might, for instance, allow Saddam to retain the strategically placed Bubiyan and Warbah islands, as well as the tip of the banana-shaped Rumaila oilfield that dips slightly into Kuwait from Iraq. Washington says a liberated Kuwait could make these and any other concessions to Baghdad it chooses but vehemently opposes rewarding Iraq's aggression with such promises before a pullout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Last Chance To Talk | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

...flight from London's Heathrow Airport to New York. The bomb had been found on Aug. 25, 14 days and 40,000 miles later, unexploded, when the aircraft landed in Rio de Janeiro. It had not blown up because the bombers inadvertently broke off the safety pin, leaving the tip stuck in the bomb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism: The Life and Crimes of a Middle East Terrorist | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

...little note of caution, thanks to a tip from Harvard Sports Information Director John Veneziano. The last time the Crimson started 2-0 in league play was Coach Peter Roby's first season, 1986-87, when it opened with a stunning two-game sweep of Penn and Princeton. But Harvard followed with three consecutive home losses en route to a 4-10 finish that year...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: A Perfect 2-0 and a Long Road To Go | 1/9/1991 | See Source »

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