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...think I've grown mentally," he says. "I've been thrown on the threshold of reality. All Kuwaiti Youngsters have grown through this invasion. We're children no more...
...risky venture, but Seidman (pronounced seed-man) is used to living dangerously. Just last June he was out riding on his ranch when his horse shied from an insect and started bucking. "Rather than get thrown off, I jumped off," Seidman later told a reporter. "I had a better chance to land right." The horse dragged him some distance, though, and Seidman had to undergo two operations to repair a fractured pelvis and hip. He still uses a cane but hopes to get rid of it soon...
...FEEL trapped into taking this position. The president has thrown caution to the winds, dragging the country into combat without adequate consideration of alternatives. He took advantage of the trust of many members of Congress who voted to authorize force under the assumption that it would strengthen Bush's leverage in seeking a peaceful solution. Earlier this week, we argued that those who supported giving Bush a "credible threat" in the form of a use-of-force resolution would be taken for suckers. They have been...
...particular, he has thrown a confusing array of justifications at the American people--some of which do justify the U.S. presence in the region, and some of which do not. He should clarify these aims to make sure American blood is not spilled in vain...
Paul Smith, a spokesperson for Hatch, said yesterday that a "firebomb" was thrown near the Harvard building and that police had been unable to identify the culprits. Smith said that a letter the center received in November criticized the United States military presence in the Persian Gulf and suggested that American properties in Italy might be attacked...