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That's how young army captain Wesley Clark urged that war be waged in his 1975 thesis on "Military Contingency Operations: The Lessons of Political-Military Coordination." Back then, he was a student at the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. Today, the four-star general is NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, based in Belgium. He's running a much different war than the one he advocated a generation ago. It is a war of contrasts, one that pits the firepower of history's most powerful military alliance against a scorched-earth campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Military: How We Fight | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...leap of faith," says Neeson. "I couldn't get a script. Forget Woody Allen--this was like trying to get into Fort Knox. I finally got to read the whole script in George's office with Darth Vader standing outside the door. Seriously." Even now, Neeson won't talk about his role, though everyone knows he's the lead in Episode 1. "I can't say," he says, unsmiling but with a flick of laughter in his eyes. "I am forbidden by my Jedi code of ethics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Ready, Set, Glow! | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...Milosevic may not want to control all of Europe, but he does have the will to fight for Kosovo. If America and Europe do not have the will to expel Milosevic, then this region will once again be the birthplace of a world war. DON C. TYLER Fort Wayne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 26, 1999 | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

...find it. Granted, I never find a Sugi mug or keychain or for that matter, a Sugi anything in the card store aisle with all the name merchandise. (There are about a zillion variations of the name Alissa, though. Alisa, Alysa, Alyssa, etc.) But there's a restaurant near Fort Lee, N.J. with my name. I've never actually been there myself, but a friend handed me an advertising card. "Fine Japanese Cuisine...Sugi features Six Tatami Rooms accommodating up to 20 people." What? There are at least 100 Sugi's on America Online. Sugi.net is a Web site...

Author: By Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, | Title: It's all in the NAME | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Ind. Contains nearly half a million printed volumes, microfilm and microfiche, with good records on Europeans, Native and African Americans. (www.acpl.lib.in.us...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Map Your Heritage | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

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