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Among those who monitor atrocities for a living, a dispute is simmering. How many Kuwaitis have been summarily executed since Iraq's invasion on Aug. 2? How many have been tortured, how many arrested, how many raped? No one knows for sure, and few but Saddam's henchmen may ever know...
...that is if everything goes well, which is no sure thing. The economists in the TIME forum warned that the U.S. faces a minefield of unprecedented risks that could worsen the recession and prolong it through next year and beyond. Chief among them is the threat of a drawn-out war in the Persian Gulf. That could push the price of oil, which closed at $25.92 per bbl. last week, well past the $41.40-per-bbl. peak that it hit in October. Another serious threat is the possibility of a crisis in the U.S. banking system, which is awash...
While deficit cutting is good long-term policy, the immediate effect is likely to be more pain. "We are raising taxes in the teeth of a recession," Ratajczak noted. "I am not sure that many people would call that a useful idea." Added Fosler: "The budget agreement was very much like spraying shrapnel. It was sort of an AK-47, as opposed to a target rifle, in terms of its impact on the economy. Lots of sectors are going to be paying higher fees and costs for public services...
...Grammy Award for Best New Artist, had to admit not only that they didn't sing live onstage but also that it wasn't their own voices on their albums. Goodbye Grammy. As for their earlier boast that they were better than Bob Dylan and the Beatles? Well, sure -- as dancers...
What is the universal appeal of American entertainment? Scale, spectacle, technical excellence, for sure: Godfather Part III, Batman. The unexpected, a highly developed style of the outrageous, a gift for vulgarity that borders on the visionary: a Motley Crue concert, for example, with the drummer stripped down to his leather jockstrap, flailing away from a calliope riding across the rafters of the Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey. Driving plots, story lines and narrative: a Tom Clancy hero or one of Elmore Leonard's misfits. Indiana Jones' strength of character, self-reliance, a certain coarseness, a restless energy as American...