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...heightened global anxiety about the security of Persian Gulf crude supplies has imposed an extra cost of more than $20 billion in higher oil prices since Iraq invaded Kuwait last August. The burden, acting like a new tax, helped push the U.S. into recession and put a drag on sluggish economies around the world. With every new rumor out of the Persian Gulf, the war premium swung menacingly. The gyrations gave rise to a frightening question: How high would oil prices skyrocket if fighting actually broke out -- $50 or even...
...helicopter was hit by rebel ground fire about 75 miles east of San Salvador. The F.M.L.N. said all three crewmen died from injuries suffered when the chopper crashed. But area residents claim that the rebels ordered them to drag out two of the Americans, alive and begging for water. At first they said both died for lack of medical attention, but later suggested they were shot. In Washington officials said autopsy reports showed that two of the crew were killed with gunshots to the head. Both sides have motives for fudging the facts. The rebels do not want to upset...
...perceived lack of U.S. initiative could anger Saddam to the point where any sort of attack on U.S. forces or Israel is possible. And with members of the Arab community also questioning Baker's sincerity, Saddam would surely drag the world into war this time...
Coleman and Miner aren't the only two pitiful players Raveling has to drag around to road games. Just because guards like Robert Pack and Duane Cooper could dominate an Ivy League Game doesn't mean they aren't dead weight...
...number of roles in this production, and Mychelle Shegog is particularly strong in all four of the roles she plays. The monologue in which one of Shegog's characters criticizes those whites who see Black women as strictly sexual creatures is sharp and powerful. "You could be Jesus in drag," she declares, "but if you're Black, they're sure you're selling...