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Beyond the personal animosity, though, Iraq and the U.S. are engaged in a crucial showdown over international order. Even as Iraqis mopped up after an allied bombing raid, Washington and Baghdad exchanged fresh threats about whether Iraq was or was not complying with U.N. requirements. Instead of retreating Iraq challenged U.S. planes over the weekend in the northern no-fly zone. After the U.S. shot down a threatening MiG-29 Washington hinted at stronger retaliation. Coming just days before Bush was to vacate the Oval Office, it was impossible to ignore the raw personal edge that drove both leaders' actions...
Because it is framed around the Civil War (Lincoln's early life is covered only briefly in flashbacks), the series seems unduly repetitive of Burns' work. The writing is uninspired (on the Battle of Gettysburg: "It was the showdown of the war. Whoever won here might well claim victory overall"). And there is a woeful shortage of analysis. Significantly, one element of The Civil War that the Kunhardts did not copy was the use of historians to provide onscreen commentary. They are missed. We get plenty of piquant details about Lincoln's personal life -- his fits of depression, his estrangement...
Maybe it's all three. But whatever the reason, the Harvard players seem unusually quiet as they approach their showdown with Dartmouth...
...SOCIETY: Showdown in Snowtown...
...Moscow count even its modest accomplishments secure. For months there have been warnings of a showdown between reformists and reactionaries. Russians and Russia watchers alike talk about "the December scenario." The opening act will take place during the Congress of People's Deputies that begins this week. Yeltsin's opponents are expected to launch an all-out offensive to restrict his personal authority, reverse his main policies and remove his key ministers. In the scarier versions of the scenario, the maneuvers against the Russian government could be a prelude to a parliamentary upheaval or even a putsch...