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With the Washington Monument in the background, U.S. President George H. Bush gestures while meeting with reporters on the South lawn of the White Hou...

With the Washington Monument in the background, U.S. President George H. Bush gestures while meeting with reporters on the South lawn of the White Hou...

With the Washington Monument in the background, U.S. President George H. Bush gestures while meeting with reporters on the South lawn of the White Hou...

With the Washington Monument in the background, U.S. President George H. Bush gestures while meeting with reporters on the South lawn of the White Hou...

U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle briefs President George H. Bush concerning Quayle's recent trip to Saudi Arabia, during lunch at the White House, Wedne...

U.S. President George H. Bush, wearing a fur-lined parka, arrives at the White House from Camp David, Thursday, Dec. 27, 1990 in Washington. Bush, a w...

U.S. President George H. Bush, wearing a fur-lined parka, arrives at the White House from Camp David, Thursday, Dec. 27, 1990 in Washington. Bush, a w...

U.S. President George H. Bush ducks down and smiles after bumping his head on the door of Marine One as he boarded the helicopter on the South Lawn of...

U.S. President George H. Bush, wearing a fur-lined parka, arrives at the White House from Camp David, Thursday, Dec. 27, 1990 in Washington. Bush, a w...

U.S. President George H. Bush ducks down and smiles after bumping his head on the door of Marine One as he boarded the helicopter on the South Lawn of...

Boston Bruins??? Cam Neely (8) and Minnesota North Stars??? Mark Tinordi get tangled up during first period action at Boston Garden, on Saturday, Dec....

Los Angeles Lakers Earvin Johnson (32) tries to move past Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan during first period action, Friday, Dec. 21, 1990, Chicago, Ill...

Los Angeles Lakers Earvin Johnson (32) tries to move past Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan during first period action, Friday, Dec. 21, 1990, Chicago, Ill...

Los Angeles Lakers Earvin Johnson (32) tries to move past Chicago Bulls Michael Jordan during first period action, Friday, Dec. 21, 1990, Chicago, Ill...

U.S. President George H. Bush speaks to reporters in the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 1990 in Washington as Health and Human services Secretary Lo...

Los Angeles Lakers Magic Johnson, right, seems to be trying a heavy-handed approach to defending against New Knicks Gerald Wilkins during first period...

Portrait of German state governor of the Free State of Thuringia, Josef Duchac, pictured December 13, 1990. (AP Photo/Jockel Finck)

U.S. President George H. Bush turns down a dessert offer from Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, right. Bush spoke to the Venezuelan American C...

U.S. President George H. Bush and Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, right, wave goodbye to members of the press after concluding a press confe...

U.S. President George H. Bush and Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, right, wave goodbye to members of the press after concluding a press confe...

U.S. President George H. Bush and Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, right, review the troops, Friday, Dec. 7, 1990 after Bush's arrival at Mai...

U.S. President George H. Bush and Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, right, review the troops, Friday, Dec. 7, 1990 after Bush's arrival at Mai...

U.S. President George H. Bush and Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, right, embrace at the conclusion of Bush's dinner remarks at La Casona, Pr...

U.S. President George H. Bush and Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, right, embrace at the conclusion of Bush's dinner remarks at La Casona, Pr...

U.S. President George H. Bush is escorted by Uruguayan soldiers after an ocean swim in Punta Del Este, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 1990. Bush's daughter Dorothy...

U.S. President George H. Bush is escorted by Uruguayan soldiers after an ocean swim in Punta Del Este, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 1990. Bush's daughter Dorothy...

Uruguayan President Luis Alberto LaCalle, left, and President Bush review the troop's moments after the president landed at Carrasco Airport, Tuesday,...

Uruguayan President Luis Alberto LaCalle, left, and President Bush review the troop's moments after the president landed at Carrasco Airport, Tuesday,...

U.S. President George H. Bush is greeted by members of the Uruguayan Congress after his speech at the Legislative Palace, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 1990 in Mon...

German Christian Democrats (CDU) Josef Duchac, Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Hesse state governor Walter Wallmann, from left to right, applaud during a regi...

Image shows the construction site of a section of the controversial new Rhine-Main-Danube canal near Dietfurt an der Altmuehl, West Germany, October 1...

Beate Klarsfeld, Nazi hunter, 1991. (AP Photo)

First lady Barbara Bush with the assistance of her grandchildren, Sam and Ellie LeBlond top the National Christmas Tree with a star on Friday, Nov. 30...

Boston Herald sports reporter Lisa Olson reacts in Boston, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 1990 during a news conference held in the aftermath of the NFL's inves...

Boston Herald reporter Lisa Olson shown with Herald Sports Editor Bob Sales, left shown at press conference in Boston, on Nov. 27, 1990. (AP Photo)

U.S. President George H. Bush and Syrian President Hafez Assad meet in Geneva, Friday, Nov. 23, 1990 to discuss the Gulf crisis. It is the first meeti...

Arnold Palmer blasts from the bunker on the sixth hole at Sherwood Country Club in first-round action in the Ronald McDonald Children Charities (RMCC)...

President Bush presents a pen he used to sign the clean air bill to EPA Administrator William Reilly, left, in a East Room ceremony of the White House...

Los Angeles Lakers Earvin Johnson (32) and Houston Rockets Vernon Maxwell (11) make a play for the ball, Thursday, Nov. 16, 1990, Houston, Tex. The La...

U.S. President George H. Bush gestures after he signed the Clean Air Act of 1990, Thursday, Nov. 15, 1990 in the White House East Room in Washington....

U.S. President George H. Bush gestures after he signed the Clean Air Act of 1990, Thursday, Nov. 15, 1990 in the White House East Room in Washington....

U.S. President George H. Bush gestures after he signed the Clean Air Act of 1990, Thursday, Nov. 15, 1990 in the White House East Room in Washington....

Ambulance officers transfer an unidentified boy to Dunedin Public Hospital, New Zealand, Nov. 14, 1990, after he had been shot in Aramoana, a tiny tow...

Japan's Emperor Akihito reads an address as he formally ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne Monday at the imperial palace on Nov. 12, 1990 in Tokyo. (...

Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in an open car receive cheers from thousands of well wishers lining along the route of Imperial motorcade...

Lines of policemen stand guard along one side and thousands of well wishers pack on the other side along the route of Emperor Akihito and Empress Mich...

A toddler waves a Japanese flag on the shoulders of his father as an open car procession of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko passes in front of the...

An elderly woman, holding a small national flag, wipes tears sitting among a crowd of people at the Imperial Palace compound on Monday, Nov. 12, 1990...

Japan's Emperor Akihito in ancient court robes leaves the throne after his enthronement on Monday, Nov. 12, 1990 in traditional Imperial rites at the...

Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, left, places a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National in Arlington, Va., on Sunday, Nov. 11, 1990....