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...neither has the power to win decisively. Preoccupied with its growing domestic difficulties, the government of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini has been unable to launch a major offensive, although its forces outnumber the Iraqis, 350,000 to 250,000. On the other hand, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein does not dare press the issue much further; resentment over any major increase in casualties could undermine his position at home...
...combination of 1960s Carnaby Street funk and the locker room, the Kamali sweat look has captured the whimsical and practical sides of the American woman's fancy. "Her clothes have a little wit and a little dare," explains Vogue Editor Grace Mirabella.. But they have their drawbacks too. The exaggerated silhouette and overgrown pants and tops are not for the timid. Moreover, while sweat material is not delicate, it must get special care so it will not shrink or droop...
...York City. The publishers created a minifair of their own: a table laden with U.S.-published books by Russian writers who are banned in the U.S.S.R. Said Bernstein: "The pattern of intimidation, of fear, of harsh sentences arbitrarily meted out to Soviet writers, scientists and thinkers who dare speak their minds is unacceptable. We will not be a party to it by conducting business as usual...
...classic maybe. "To dream the impossible dream," his chest swells inside the gold brocade jacket. His face, puffed enough from the good life to fill in any lines, begins to hang with sweat, small perfect beads on his forehead, twinkling in the kliegs. "To go where the brave dare not follow, To reach the unreachable star." He looks a little like Elvis--the pudgy, aging Elvis responsible for the sale of millions of commemorative ashtrays, the safe, sequined Elvis, the Vegas Elvis, and not the take-this, Memphis, denim Elvis that Middle America chewed on till he looked like them...
...could end up in anti-American hands. Even with AWACS and F-15s, foes of the deal insist, Saudi Arabia's air power would be no match for a Soviet move against the oil sources, while no smaller nation in the region, like Iran or South Yemen, would dare make such a move. Anyway, say opponents, Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani stated in April that Israel, not the U.S.S.R., is his country's main enemy...