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  1.                                                                                 GRAPEVINE, Page 19Talking Heads Sweepstakes
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  4. By DAVID ELLIS/Reported by Daniel S. Levy
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  7.     Who is winning the battle to be the most interviewed
  8. "outside expert" on the Iraqi crisis? Here is a tally of TV
  9. appearances (on the three morning shows, the weekend gabfests,
  10. MacNeil/Lehrer and Nightline) and of mentions in major print
  11. publications (as tabulated by the Nexis database) during the
  12. month of August.
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  15.     Expert               TV/Print        Basic Wisdom
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  17.   Les Aspin --           10/275     That the public may not
  18. House Armed Services               support any military action
  19. chairman                           that is not purely
  20. defensive.
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  22.   Sam Nunn --             6/266     That the taking of hostages
  23. Senate Armed Services              "cannot be allowed to
  24. chairman                           dominate our policy."
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  26.   Henry Kissinger --      6/170     That America's national
  27. Former Secretary of State          interests require forcing
  28. the                                    Iraqis out of Kuwait and
  29. a                                    long stalemate would be
  30.                                    dangerous.
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  32.   William Crowe --        8/65      That the U.S. could "clean
  33. Former JCS chairman                the clocks" of Iraq in
  34.                                   combat, but then warns that
  35.                                    the operation would be
  36. bloody.
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  38.   Judith Kipper --        4/58      That the crisis has ushered
  39. Brookings expert                   in a new era of belligerence
  40.                                    over resources like oil.
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  42.   James Schlesinger --    2/54      That freeing Kuwait is
  43. Former Defense Secretary           unrealistic. "We should
  44.                                   forget right now about that
  45.                                    particular objective."
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