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...team hope that the general might be angry enough to accept their entreaties to get on board. People close to the general think otherwise. Michael Powell, his son, told TIME that it is "farfetched to think Pat Buchanan's presence will make him want to put on the armor and come rolling in." If so, this would be one fight that Buchanan wins by a forfeiture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: POWELL: NO. 1 FOR NO. 2 | 3/18/1996 | See Source »

Every time Quad residents wait at the curb near Johnston Gate or the Science Center, hearts leap. Is that monolith coming around the corner our shuttle? No, it's a Greyhound bus. Is that rattle-and-hum our shuttle? No, it's a snowplow. Is that knight in shining armor on wheels our shuttle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE... | 3/9/1996 | See Source »

...first patrol away from one of the 325th Airborne Combat Team's outposts. Smolje, 5, thumps the flak jacket of Sergeant Brian Hutchens, chatters excitedly and touches the M-16 rifle while trying to mouth the sound of gunfire. The boy follows the troops, in their Kevlar body armor and laden with ammunition, over the rugged, icy landscape. The soldiers walk in a tactical road march, staggered on either side of the trail and leaving 10 meters between each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOSNIA: WARM WELCOME, COLD FEET | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

...Attack Radar System) planes will keep watch over Bosnia while flying eight miles above either the Adriatic Sea or Hungary. Their computers can distinguish personnel and troop movements, even though they cannot, unaided, tell a tank from a car. According to plans, the locations of all concentrations of Balkan armor will be entered into the computer memory banks so the j-stars can track movements out of those areas. Apache helicopters will keep constant watch near U.S. troop units when the fog so common above Bosnian snowbanks lifts enough to permit the choppers to fly. Anti-sniper teams, equipped with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN HARM'S WAY | 12/25/1995 | See Source »

ALEXANDER LEBED General in Shining Armor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRACY IN A WHIRL | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

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