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While the military analysts debate the similarities and differences between the Persian Gulf crisis and the Vietnam War, some students have already attempted to revive the anti-war activism that dominated college campuses during the 1960s and early...
Nevertheless, the Persian Gulf crisis has managed to spark heated debate inside and outside the classroom. Students say that there are flyers everywhere about the crisis and that the whole scenario in the Middle East has become a hot conversation topic...
...students say that the commotion over the Persian Gulf crisis is much less intense than it was during the Vietnam War--if only because students have other issues on their mind...
...rally last week, undergraduates locked themselves in laboratory cages for 24 hours to protest the use of animals in scientific research, and many Berkeley students say that animal rights has now unseated the Persian Gulf as the hottest issue...
ECONOMIC. War in the Middle East could swiftly cut deliveries of oil from Saudi Arabia and the Arab emirates along the Persian Gulf; ship owners would be loath to send tankers into a war zone to pick up their petroleum. Iraqi missiles could damage Saudi oil fields, reducing supplies even after the war was over (though some experts say much of the damage could probably be repaired in a few months). The shortages would exacerbate the already startling run-up in oil prices. How much is anybody's guess, but $50 per bbl. for crude, vs. a bit less than...