Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...with its latest high-tech, superaccurate missiles and that based on Jerusalem's advice that Saddam is a "one-man show," the U.S. had devised a plan to decapitate the Iraqi leadership -- beginning with Saddam, his family, his personal guard and his mistress. Such targeting, Cheney was quick to point out, not only is political dynamite but also "is potentially a violation" of a 1981 Executive Order signed by President Ronald Reagan flatly banning any U.S. involvement in assassinations...
Clearly, Shapiro had learned a lot from the way Giacometti's tiny figures could control the distances around them. Equally, part of his point was to challenge the idea that there was a "right" distance from which to see a sculpture. Should you get down on the floor with it and look for detail? But there was no detail, or not much. The sculptures were sitting in your space. So might you stand back and take in the general effect? But there was no general effect: the pieces were too small to produce one. Shapiro's little sculptures conspired...
While distancing himself from Ryzhkov, Gorbachev has refused to sack him. At one point, Ryzhkov threatened to resign if parliament approved a proposal he could not "believe in." Later the Prime Minister endorsed the idea of giving Gorbachev almost single-handed control of the economy, though that would seriously undermine his own authority...
...more than an elaborate form of gouging. "There are many, many ways to do the same job for a lot less money," said Harvard's Salzman. He and others argue that most hospitals and mental-health clinics could conduct the same testing at a lower cost. They point out that in Europe, where the blood testing is not mandatory, the drug costs only about $1,300 a year. Salzman calls the refusal of some state Medicaid programs to pay the full price of clozapine "outrageous," since they often shell out up to $50,000 a year for procedures like kidney...
...Khafji crossing point on the Saudi-Kuwait border last week, air- conditioned Mercedes-Benz and other late-model sedans lined up by the hundreds. Their passengers told stories of beatings, looting and nights full of gunfire. While there is still food in the shops, they said, rationing had begun, and Iraqis had first claim on all supplies. Other refugees told of shootings, explosions and summary executions of suspected resistance fighters...