In his four-minute announcement from the Oval Office, Bush said the military campaign, supported by 35 nations, would make efforts to spare Iraqi civilians.

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In previous encounters, efforts had been made to spare rank-and-file soldiers.

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Elected in the 1994 GOP landslide, Chambliss has built a following by protecting Robins Air Force Base outside Macon and fighting efforts to ban peanuts on airlines to spare allergic passengers.

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That is why, argues Vera de Ladoucette of CERA, an energy consultancy, ministers essentially blessed efforts by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (the only cartel countries with any spare capacity) to raise output.

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