THE GULF WAR: The International Front : Prize Patriotism on Parade
Traditional Mardi Gras drunkenness and irreverence exploded on New Orleans streets, colored this year with extra doses of FLAMBOYANT WARTIME PATRIOTISM. Effigies and caricatures of Saddam Hussein hung from oak trees and lampposts. Among the usual scantily clad men and women lining the parade routes were dozens of Statues of Liberty, Betsy Rosses and make-believe soldiers.
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