Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...power he had requested to impose economic changes by decree, and he promptly issued an order to all government institutions and local authorities to stop hoarding goods and fulfill contracts for delivery. The order, however, looks unenforceable. Meanwhile, new problems keep piling up: a threat of another coal miners' strike and a declaration of economic sovereignty by the Far Eastern region of Yakutia, a part of the Russian Republic. No wonder rumormongering is so popular. Gossipy speculation can be a welcome relief from grim reality...
...November, when the allied military buildup in the gulf will be complete, the Administration will assess whether the economic sanctions are pushing Iraq toward capitulation. Judging from Baghdad's behavior last week, the answer may be no. For the first time, the bellicose ; state threatened to launch a first strike against Saudi Arabia and Israel should the sanctions begin to "strangle" Iraqis...
...requires an ultimatum to Saddam: Cave in by such and such a date, or we come at you with everything we've got. Sounds good, but . . . "The problem with a clear warning," says Michael Mandelbaum, a Johns Hopkins University foreign policy professor, "is that it could cause Iraq to strike pre-emptively, and pre-emption is a card we may want to play ourselves. For Saddam this is World War III. He wins or he dies. If he thinks it's coming, why wouldn't he shoot first? If we could go first, it would lessen our losses...
...Besides the taboo that has existed since Nagasaki, and the problem of precedent ("The temptation for other countries to use nukes would increase if we use them in the gulf," says a Pentagon official), there is the post-crisis environment to consider. No matter the reason, an American atomic strike in the gulf would signal that, unique among the world's present hot spots, the Middle East is the region where the West views life as so cheap that any weapon of war is justified. The problems of repair -- physical, psychological and political -- and the desire to fashion a more...
...first time, Iraq threatens to launch a first strike. Should Bush exploit a legal loophole to order a hit on Saddam? From shopkeeper to minister, Iraqis believe battle is unavoidable. Perhaps that is why so few seem truly enthusiastic about their leader. Israel steps up its defenses...