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Intelligence sources say the sacking of Kuwait took place under an unwritten "looting hierarchy." The new Iraqi Governor of Kuwait got first crack at the treasures stored in royal palaces, while commanders looted the residences of businessmen. Support units were allowed only into ordinary homes, which they stripped of VCRs, refrigerators and bathroom fixtures...
Politicians may debate whether America, in the post-cold war era, will continue to hold center stage. But no one can doubt that it fills the world's screens -- cinema and television -- as well as its VCRs, bookshelves, record stores and CD players. The dominance is especially pronounced on movie marquees. In most foreign countries, the most popular films are from Hollywood: brain-bashing action epics from Schwarzenegger and Stallone, to be sure, but also fantasy romances like Pretty Woman and Ghost. If we make it, they want it -- and lately, if they are Japanese, they want...
Such a system, if accompanied by a general reduction in the room charge, would strike a blow for distributive equity. (Read: it's politically correct.) No longer would poorer students be forced to subsidize the electricity that powers the CD players and VCRs of their richer peers...
...help stir warm Christmas sentiments and loosen those purse strings, stores are emphasizing family ties this year. Montgomery Ward has donated $2 million worth of VCRs and videocams to the U.S.O. for American troops stationed in the Persian Gulf. Families of servicemen and -women are invited to go into the chain's stores and videotape holiday messages for them. The J.C. Penney's in East Brunswick, N.J., is kindling the holiday spirit with a giveaway. Customers can get a $10 discount on new coats by turning in any old coat; the used garments are then donated to the needy...
Sure, cable, independent stations and VCRs have been eating away at the network audience for much of the past decade. The remote-control device too has made viewers pickier: shows that don't grab their attention are zapped away in an instant. But the networks' woes have accelerated alarmingly this fall. Of the 22 shows introduced by ABC, CBS and NBC, not a single one is a bona fide hit. (The only new show that ranks in the Nielsen Top 30, America's Funniest People, is merely an appendage of an already established hit, America's Funniest Home Videos...