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The Pentagon is worried about all the pent-up, hell-raising energy among soldiers who have been stationed in the gulf for the past seven months. < Demobilized troops, before they once again encounter freely available sex and alcohol, will be put through a moral vaccination program that has been dubbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Johnny Comes Drooling Home | 3/18/1991 | See Source »

Much had been written about the inferno the Iraqis would create by filling trenches with burning oil. But in the Marines' sector, U.S. planes had burned off the oil prematurely by dropping napalm. The Saudis did encounter trenches filled with blazing petroleum and in some cases with water, but crossed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battleground | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

Saddam Hussein sees himself as the spider waiting for the fly. Sooner or later, he believes, U.S.-led ground troops will push into Kuwait to drive out the Iraqi army. There they will be massacred by the thousands as they encounter one of the most formidable defenses ever built. It...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strategy: Saddam's Deadly Trap | 2/11/1991 | See Source »

The women in this contemporary play have a complex relationship which contrasts sharply with the limited, hateful competition of The Stronger. The change in gender roles was revealed through the clothing, speech, and movement of the characters. Rasminsky says that she "intentionally cast the same actresses. It's much more...

Author: By David B. Lurie, | Title: Women's Theater Issues | 2/8/1991 | See Source »

Walid Khalidi, a research associate at CMES, outlined problems the coalition will encounter in attempting to establish the "new world order," such as pan-Arabic support for Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, the "legacy of hatred" between Iraq and Kuwait, the power of Israel, and economic strife in many areas of...

Author: By Benjamin O. Davis, | Title: Pessimism Pervades Forums | 2/7/1991 | See Source »

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