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...week in the Persian Gulf, where the air is thick with the smoke from burning oil wells and a wide swath of crude petroleum is fouling the water and devastating wildlife? If these disasters brought to mind the Exxon Valdez, the news of air attacks on nuclear- and chemical-weapons facilities raised the specter of Chernobyl and Bhopal. The environment itself has become both a weapon and a victim...
...WHAT THOU EAT: IMAGES OF FOOD IN AMERICAN ART, New York Historical Society. From Mary Cassatt's 19th century vision of Five O'Clock Tea to Andres Serrano's 1984 photograph Meat Weapon, 70 works offering a rich diet of social history. Through March...
...meanings: a mere mortal enemy -- George Bush, for example, or the West -- may be transformed into the Great Satan. The phrase has moral and dramatic clarity. It is a bright blade of denunciation flashing on a battlefield of absolutes. But it is difficult for Arabs to use such a weapon against a mortal friend -- against a brother...
...Baghdad kills dozens of Israelis with conventional warheads or drops even a single chemical weapon on the Jewish state, Israeli leaders vow that the response will be devastating, even if Shamir has to defy Bush. Within hours, say military officials, dozens of key military installations in Iraq, including chemical, biological and nuclear facilities, would be in flames...
...allies attack Iraq, Saddam Hussein is all but certain to strike back with a long-range weapon of his own: international terrorism. In a speech last week, the Iraqi leader hinted again at a terrorist offensive when he threatened that if war breaks out he would spread his nation's battle to "the whole world." The most likely targets of terror would be American citizens and property abroad. But shadowy pro-Iraq groups might also try to open a second front within...