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Waters accused President Bush of being "the biggest bluffer." She charged Bush with trying to mask the true objective of the intervention--U.S. economic interests--behind the curtain of such justifications as a possible Iraqi nuclear threat. And the representative applauded the emerging anti-war sentiment in the U.S. that she hopes will end U.S. military involvement in the Gulf crisis...
HOME ALONE. First you have to get past the preposterous premise and spurious sentiment. Then you can enjoy the comic spectacle of an eight-year-old (Macaulay Culkin) fighting off a pair of inept burglars (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) with the kind of sadistic inventiveness that used to enliven old Bugs Bunny cartoons. The final 20 minutes revive the almost lost art of fall-down- funny physical comedy...
...last week's Armed Services hearings, there was a strong sentiment that President Bush erred in sending a new wave of troops into the Gulf. Perhaps reducing that troop level will cause the U.S. more embarassment. But a long, costly war could cost the U.S. far more embarassment. Even if we "win," it is not clear that we could attain post-war stability in the Gulf...
CARLENE CARTER: I FELL IN LOVE (Reprise). Country without sentiment, autobiography without tears. Carter's first album in seven years is not only a welcome return but also a reminder that she's one of the best down-home singer-songwriters around. Nothing could be finer...
...Syrian capital: antigovernment graffiti. LONG LIVE SADDAM HUSSEIN, one scrawler proclaimed recently in a bold protest against President Hafez Assad's participation in the U.S.-led alliance against Saddam. The inscriptions are quickly erased, but government authorities know that all the whitewash in the world cannot obliterate the sentiment they express. "To be anti-U.S. and pro-Arab nationalism is what people in Syria have been groomed for, and it's very difficult to shake off," says a Western diplomat in Damascus. "This feeling is all of the government's making, and now it doesn't serve their purposes...