Word: questioner
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Whether by war or by peaceful means, Iraq's occupation of Kuwait will eventually end. Kuwait Inc. will thrive as it always has, as will most Kuwaitis. The question then is whether Kuwait, the nation, can become New Kuwait...
...chances. Stepping in with a request to rule by decree if necessary, Havel warned that if democracy failed, "we would be cursed by future generations." Negotiators took the hint and produced a compromise: joint stock ownership of utilities and a rotating chairmanship of the central bank. But a perverse question continues to haunt the new democracies eager to join modern Europe's mainstream: What if the right to choose translates into the decision to say "No, thanks" to democracy...
...many are far more dependent than the U.S. on oil from the gulf, yet they are contributing much less than they could to the anti-Iraqi cause. "My constituents are hopping mad," reports Illinois Democratic Senator Paul Simon. At town meetings back home, he says, "the most often asked question was why we are doing this alone." House Armed Services Committee chairman Les Aspin warns that "if President Bush were to ask for a declaration of war, it might be rejected on that basis alone...
...still express skepticism, there has been a definite shift of attitude in the scientific community about the possible health effects of electromagnetic fields, as a recent series in Science magazine made clear. "In the 1970's ((the link)) seemed absurd," the articles concluded. "Now it's a legitimate open question...
...experience and more of a risky business. The latest word follows that depressing pattern: researchers announced that the chances of developing colon cancer appear to rise almost in direct proportion to the amount of red meat and animal fat that people consume. That left fearful Americans grappling with the question: Is it wise to eat any red meat...