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Flessel-Colovic points out that unlike soccer, "fencing doesn't feed you"--a fact that obliges her to juggle a career promoting business travel for Paris' office of tourism. She welcomes the work obligations because they help her budget her time better and remain focused on the task--or combat--before her. In Sydney, Flessel-Colovic will need to turn her attention to Hungary's Ildiko Mincza and Italy's Cristina Cascioli, her probable rivals for the gold...
...British logistics unit with which it has previously trained and worked. But all of this will take investment, and the U.N. has a hard enough time getting member states to pony up for its existing commitments. Still, because Western countries are unlikely to raise their enthusiasm for committing combat troops, they may be more inclined to foot a higher bill for improving the effectiveness of U.N. peacekeeping operations. That's the thinking, for example, in President Clinton's recent efforts to boost Nigeria as a regional policeman - while Washington is unlikely to send its own personnel into situations such...
...American G.I., peacekeeping's paradox is plain. Shooting to kill--something a soldier has practiced since basic training--is the best thing he can do in combat. But it's the worst thing he can do on a peacekeeping mission because an itchy trigger finger can spark civilian casualties, renewed warfare and national embarrassment. Since the cold war, which Russian and U.S. troops spent pacing in their garrisons awaiting World War III, military prowess has become a more subtle discipline. But subtlety has never been the U.S. military's strong suit, and no other modern military mission is as vexing...
...sign up for another tour than their Stateside buddies. Some officers see value in the missions that Powell disdains. Army General Montgomery Meigs, who led the peacekeeping forces in Bosnia and now commands all U.S. Army troops in Europe, says his forces can switch easily between peacekeeping and combat. Beyond that, they're learning valuable lessons. "You're getting a core of young leaders in the Army who are very tough and experienced," he says. "And that is worth its weight in gold...
...though, has been to blunt Bush's promise to "restore honor and dignity to the White House" by making it seem that he's just as good a guy as George W. - well, maybe not as likable, but just as monogamous. Now Bush finds himself in hand-to-hand combat on Gore's wonky turf, and issues have not been his best weapons. For this year's voters, Bush's tax cut seems too big and his Social Security privatization seems too bold. Bush is selling change and Gore is selling incumbency, and now that the veep has made himself...