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Sanctions on Iraq have been in place ever since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. But long after the American-led coalition expelled Iraqi troops from Kuwait, and long after U.N. inspections oversaw the dismantling of Hussein's nuclear arsenal, the sanctions are still in place. To U.S. policy makers, they are clearly warranted. Hussein is a ruthless dictator who will jump at the first opportunity to rebuild his arsenal. Something must be done to keep him in check. If the sanctions are hurting the Iraqi people, they say, this is only due to Hussein's own belligerence. They...
Government officials claim that Lee downloaded classified files onto portable computer tapes. Officials say these files contain enough information to rebuild the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal...
...region that had been seismically inactive. Nuclear-weapons designers found that they were also generating quakes at the Nevada Test Site when they detonated underground blasts. But the real breakthrough came when the U.S. Army began pumping liquid wastes into the ground near Denver at their Rocky Mountain Arsenal and discovered that the pumping was setting off tiny artificial quakes. Scientists studying the phenomenon found that the fluids were lubricating the fault boundaries, allowing them to slip past each other...
...workshop run by Darling. NJCL publications chair Steven E. Gentle writes, "Sterling for some reason actually had to open his briefcase." Save for a few pens or pencils, "It was empty," he syas. "All this time I thought he was carrying the launch codes for the U.S. nuclear arsenal or something...
Also, Harvard will have its full arsenal at the disposal of Coach Tom Wilson. The Crimson had previously been handicapped by crucial injuries to Micomonaco and sophomore outside hitter Justin Denham, but will boast a healthy roster in California...