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...already won, it seemed in October, when I returned as a correspondent for TIME. General Douglas MacArthur's amphibious landing at Inchon had succeeded brilliantly. The North Korean invaders, encircled from behind, had been taken prisoner by the tens of thousands. But then, as MacArthur drove northward toward the Chinese border, dividing his forces in a two-pronged offensive, Mao Zedong's "volunteers" had slipped unseen into the mountains between. Not until July 1953, after more dreadful bloodshed at places like Heartbreak Ridge and Pork Chop Hill, was the present armed truce established...
...David talks just hours before Clinton departed last Wednesday. Officials insist it was not a ploy. In fact, National Security Council spokesman P. J. Crowley left Thurmont after announcing the talks were done and started driving back to the White House in preparation for leaving for Japan. As he drove, knowing that Clinton would have to motorcade back because bad weather grounded the chopper, he kept looking in his rear-view mirror for the speeding entourage. After a while, he thought, "They must have taken a different route." It was only when he got to the White House that...
...with an appreciation for gimmick politics will always have a soft spot for him. On the stump, he's a harder man to tolerate - what with intolerance being practically a bumper sticker for him - and his audience is narrowing. Remember, it was a decided lack of disaffected Republicans that drove Buchanan into Perot's arms in the first place (the numbers for Pat in his perennial GOP primary battles had dwindled to nothing) and in his bid for the Reform mantle Pat has steadfastly refused to broaden his appeal...
Officer Ken Robinson, 36, drove from Lawrenceburg, Ind., for the Seattle police test. Originally from Washington State, Robinson left a $14.70-an-hour job as a construction worker to become a cop. "I took a 50% cut in pay to come here, where I'm risking my neck for $8.70 an hour," says Robinson, a former Marine and father of two. Before moving in 1994, Robinson had made inquiries with the Seattle police department, but there were no openings. Now the recruiters are coming...
When bribery fails, oenophiles turn to auctions and rare-wine dealers. Clark Gibson not only paid $600 for a $59 Sine Qua Non 1997 Imposter McCoy Syrah, he also drove from Chicago to pick it up. At the 20th annual Napa Valley Wine Auction for charity last month, collector Chase Bailey bid $500,000 for a single six-liter bottle of a 1992 Screaming Eagle Cabernet, the highest auction price ever paid for a bottle of wine. Under what circumstances do you imbibe a half-million-dollar bottle of wine? "I haven't the slightest idea," says Bailey. "Maybe...