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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scouts are from Troop 501 in La Canada-Flintridge, Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles. They've begun the first day of a trek at Philmont Scout Ranch, the 215-sq.-mi. wilderness near Cimarron, N. Mex., that is scouting's premier "high adventure" base. Months of training hikes, equipment checks and dieting for obese adult advisers have preceded this day. The hikers will trudge through dense forests, up and over 10,000-ft. mountain passes, pelted by daily thundershowers. Staff members at backcountry camps are decked out as miners, trappers and other frontier characters to provide history lessons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cimarron, New Mexico Bears, Bucks And Boy Scouts | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

Pentagon spokesperson Bob Hall said Saddam's troop reinforcements, bringing the Iraqi buildup in Kuwait and southern Iraq to 480,000 soldiers, apparently were trucked into position over recent days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Iraq Builds Up Troops Near Kuwaiti Border | 12/8/1990 | See Source »

...last week's Armed Services hearings, there was a strong sentiment that President Bush erred in sending a new wave of troops into the Gulf. Perhaps reducing that troop level will cause the U.S. more embarassment. But a long, costly war could cost the U.S. far more embarassment. Even if we "win," it is not clear that we could attain post-war stability in the Gulf...

Author: By Edward Felsenthal, | Title: Bush's World Order is Not So New | 12/5/1990 | See Source »

...most of the world. Then, last week, it suddenly seemed to be George Bush vs. most of his own countrymen, or at least everyone with access to a microphone, an op-ed page or a pulpit. Criticisms ranged from the reasonable (an appeal for the Pentagon not to cancel troop rotations) to the ridiculous (the suggestion that the U.S. is defending Arab princes' right to polygyny and Swiss bank accounts). But the significance of the controversy lay less in the substance of specific gripes, caveats and misgivings than in the overall tone of collective dithering. An observer, including...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: The Bum Rap on Bush | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

After months of watching my roommates troop off to the gym each day and return looking robust and healthy, I decided it was time for me to give...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Climbing the Stairway to Hell | 11/20/1990 | See Source »

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