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SPECIAL ADYERTiS1NG SUPPLEMENT
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C O M M 1 T M E N T T O G R O W T H
It is now four <strong>and</strong> a half years since the U .S .-
led coalition forces liberated Kuwait from the
Iraqi invasion . Visitors are surprised how well
the country has recovered from the mayhem
that occurred, <strong>and</strong> how speedily normality has
returned . The scars are healing, but
psychologically, the shock that it could have
happened at all, remains .
Prior to 1990, Kuwait was very much a
pampered society . Kuwaitis were entited to free
housing, a job for 'ife <strong>and</strong> highly subs!dlzed
utilities . With 10% of the world's cil reserves, a
popula*.ion of 681,000 <strong>and</strong> a per capita gross
naroral product of more than $23,000, the `iture
seemed assured . More recently, Kuwaitis have
had to reassess their post-Gulf War society .
There was concern !ast October when
Sacdam Hussein's forces once again began
massing on the northern border, but, as with the
August 1990 invasion, internatioczi reaction <strong>and</strong>
support were both speedy <strong>and</strong> decisive .
War <strong>and</strong> reconstruction costs have been
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