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Although an American general will continue to be NATO's supreme commander, the overall effect of the redesign will be to diminish U.S. domination of the alliance. While American forces assigned to NATO will be reduced 50% or more, according to British estimates the overall cut in NATO's total force of 2.8 million would be only about 22%. Thus a larger percentage of the remaining forces would be European. That should please congressional critics who have long complained that the allies ought to shoulder more of the burden of defending themselves...
Utter dominion over an industry, which IBM enjoyed from the 1960s to the 1980s, rarely lasts so long. Now that it is waning, perhaps the company should be congratulated for maintaining its role as long as it did rather than criticized for letting it finally diminish. And before anyone organizes a benefit dinner, remember that IBM was America's most profitable industrial company last year, earning more than $6 billion. Its profit will likely decline this year, but the company remains huge, powerful and full of talent. In the realm of computers, it is not what it was. But underestimating...
...Estragon, Ardell enjoys an easy rapport with Jones on stage. Sporting a dirty leather jacket, a filthy sweatband and a five o'clock shadow, Ardell looks like Indiana Jones after a forage through the mud. He delivers a strong and energetic performance, though his dramatic range tends to diminish as the play progresses...
Trauma experts anticipate relatively few cases of post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition that afflicted many Vietnam veterans. "This war was quick, efficient, brilliant, and every soldier can take credit for that," says Fink. "I believe that will diminish the number of psychiatric casualties." Still, families should be on the lookout for such symptoms as depression, difficulty in concentrating and distressing dreams...
...understood that, barring some miraculous collapse or an Iraqi withdrawal, such an option would necessarily involve ground assaults. When the ground war is joined, Bush's generals have told him, it must be with full power and fury to assure victory. That will mean mounting casualties, which might diminish his political base. The military men insist that at such a point casualties must be ignored. Bush is fundamentally a political animal, and he knows that in the long run he must have the nation behind him. Timing has become almost everything. Swift, decisive action is imperative. Not since World...