Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...find it ironic that many of the same people who support sending 18-to 22-year-old American ground forces to fight and die in Kosovo also argue that they can not support the return of ROTC to campus because it makes certain 18-to 22-year-old Harvard students "feel uncomfortable." The self-righteous arrogance of the ivory tower never ceases to amaze. JOHN H. WHITEHOUSE III '99 APRIL...
...hammer hit a bystander, who fell to the ground and was taken to a hospital by ambulance...
President Clinton's initial promise to avoid using ground troops suggested that the U.S. was timid about fighting. Clinton's decision to bomb and only bomb reads like a compulsion to do something but a reluctance to do anything final. Bombing seems to be activity for the sake of activity--it lacks the assertiveness and conviction of ground warfare...
...NATO cannot continue to harbor delusions about a war without casualties. If they choose to bomb a country they can't embrace bombing but shun ground warfare. If the U.S. is to fight it must immerse itself in warfare. Since it made the ominous step into battle, it must fight with the convictions and realism of a real...
...week's end Bush too had seen how McCain's positions were lauded as statesmanlike and presidential, and moved to sound more forceful himself. In East Texas on an Easter bass-fishing holiday, Bush told TIME that he would support the use of ground troops if the military believed they were necessary in order to win the conflict. NATO's success and credibility were crucial to U.S. interests, he argued. He resisted taking swipes at Clinton. "It's easy to second-guess the Administration," Bush said. "The question is what do we do next. America must be careful to commit...