Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Serbian troops jammed the roads leading out of Kosovo late last week, waving their arms and firing guns out of armored vehicles. While the Russians were first into Pristina, the Serbian departure was quickly followed by the arrival of the British and the French, who came early Saturday to begin the work of establishing a NATO foothold. In the Kosovar village of Urosevac, ethnic Albanians showered NATO forces with flowers. One man said it was the first time in 10 weeks that he had emerged from his basement hiding place. The U.S. has pledged a contingent of 7,000 soldiers...
...begin the task of picking a Person of the Century. And later this year we'll launch a series of issues called Visions, in which we pose (and try our best to answer) 100 provocative questions about the 21st century. We invite you to write us, e-mail us or visit our website at time.com to offer your nominees...
...paid his dues. Gore and Bush the Elder have other similarities--Ivy League educations, for instance, and fathers who served in the Senate. The Powers of the Democratic Party are relieved. Bush the Elder actually defeated somebody in a race for the White House! They smile, until they begin to calculate the odds on the Republican Party's nominating Michael Dukakis...
...begin with, even a "friendly" country stuffed with guerrillas can be bad for force protection, as the U.S. learned in Somalia. More immediately, with the Serbs on the way out and NATO not yet in, K.L.A. soldiers spoiling for a fight will soon have free run of the province. Says a senior NATO officer in Macedonia: "We have to be in as soon as the Yugoslav troops pull out in order to fill the vacuum." Otherwise, K.L.A. forces may zip in and wreak vengeance on the estimated 100,000 Serb civilians remaining in the province. While few envision the K.L.A...
First-year teammate Carlin Wing had also found her niche in the No. 4 slot behind Elias, Herlihy, and Teaford. Her consistent and powerful play this season has marked her as one of the Crimson's fittest players. After the departure of Herlihy and Teaford, the team will begin to look to both Elias and Wing for leadership...