Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...during past truces. It gives commanders five days to get the word out to isolated units, and it bans not only offensive maneuvers but also gray-area operations such as patrols and reconnaissance "forward of friendly positions," sniper fire and laying of mines. U.N. peacekeeping forces already on the ground are to monitor the cease-fire...
Nevertheless, there is cause for optimism. One reason for hope is that a balance of power has been reached. The Bosnian Serbs have lost a great deal of ground since the summer as the Croat-Muslim allies have attacked them; they used to control almost 70% of Bosnia but now hold about 50%. Last week, however, the Bosnian Serbs were suddenly counterattacking with some success. "The Serbian offensive this week was a major factor in making the cease-fire possible," Holbrooke said in an interview with TIME. As he spoke in his hotel room in Rome, he kept...
...filming a TV commercial for Greenpeace. Directed by Hollywood horrormeister Roger Corman (A Bucket of Blood, Swamp Women), it opens with a mother beckoning to her children. At first they surround her lovingly, lavishing hugs and kisses on her. Then they turn savage, scratching and dragging her to the ground, where she is left battered and bleeding. The heavy-handed metaphor is meant to represent Mother Earth's treatment by humans, but it might just as well serve as a caution for Greenpeace itself...
...rest under virtual detention. Many knowledgeable critics are convinced that sequestration is not all it's cracked up to be. Uelmen "can't imagine" trying such a ballyhooed case as Simpson's without shielding jurors from prejudicial publicity, but he believes "we need to find some sort of middle ground" so that jurors do not end up as soul-sapped prisoners. "I think where the system is most vulnerable is the pool of people willing and able to serve," says Simpson prosecutor Brian Kelberg. "How are we going to get a surgeon or a bank president?" The potential jurors...
Were this simply a case of play-ground-style name-calling, one would as well let the matter pass, preferring not to justify such antics with a reply. Unfortunately, by invoking yet another historical figure, in yet another inappropriate manner, the Society compels a response...