Word: battlefield
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Civil War always seemed like a sideshow of American history. Out west, most people were more interested in making money than fighting the war--although California managed to donate a few shipments of gold to the national treasury, it never bothered to send actual soldiers to the battlefield. Los Angeles was, and is, closer to Mexico City than to Gettysburg...
Medicare was a treacherous battlefield before anyone suggested a new entitlement. Most experts agree that adding items and fundamentally reforming Medicare will require some kind of sacrifice by beneficiaries, either paying higher premiums or delaying the eligibility age. But suggesting such reforms may carry a high political price. "There are some in both parties who want the election to be based on whose fault it is we did nothing about Medicare," says Democratic Senator John Breaux, whose yearlong Medicare commission failed to come to consensus largely over the issue of how much coverage to provide for drugs. Says Breaux: "Republicans...
There is concern that the preoccupation with zero casualties may boomerang. "Force protection has taken on a higher degree of importance than the other battlefield dynamics of firepower, leadership and maneuver, and has often stifled the flexibility of the operational commander," retired Army Colonel Max Manwaring wrote recently. The U.S. desire to avoid risking troops, though understandable, "sends mixed signals to warring factions, reduces U.S. credibility with coalition partners as well as antagonists, and hampers civil-military cooperation," he wrote. "Excessive emphasis on force protection can be politically and militarily dangerous...
...family of four ain't cheap), but overplanning can backfire. "Before you worry about any of the logistics, you need to remember that this is special time with your kids," says Candyce Stapen, author of the Great Family Vacations series. "It's not about seeing every Civil War battlefield; it's about being together as a family...
...state, but the monstrosity of what has happened in Kosovo, the tribunal explained, demanded dramatic action. The evidence is easy to see, both inside Kosovo and outside its borders. Kosovars in the refugee camps of Macedonia and Albania have few comforts other than a respite from life on a battlefield. Inside Kosovo, there is no distinction between combatants and noncombatants. It is a place of total...