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- <text id=92TT2433>
- <title>
- Oct. 26, 1992: Nation:Et Cetera
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Oct. 26, 1992 The Iceman's Secrets
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 21
- NATION
- Et Cetera
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- <p> TANKS A LOT
- </p>
- <p> If George Bush needs a new job soon, he might try peddling
- hardware. He has already rung up one sale worth perhaps $4
- billion. Responding to a letter from the President to the Emir,
- the Kuwaitis decided to buy 236 U.S.-built Abrams tanks instead
- of British Challengers. Granted, the circumstances were special.
- After Desert Storm, perhaps no nation is more anxious to retain
- American goodwill than Kuwait. And few gestures would win more
- presidential gratitude than a contract just before the election
- that will preserve 5,900 jobs in the vote-rich states of
- Michigan and Ohio.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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