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Russia's campaign in Chechnya is in trouble, and acting president Vladimir Putin is taking no chances. The Russian military announced Friday that it had been ordered to "temporarily halt" the assault on Grozny, and that Moscow's two leading commanders in Chechnya would be returning to their former posts. "This is as close as we're going to get to an official admission that Russian forces have hit a wall in Grozny," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "It's a major turning point...
...Syrians say that's because Israel is dragging its feet. And discussing only the issues most dear to Israel forces Syria to tip its hand while Israel's intentions on withdrawing from the Golan remain secret. So it's hardly surprising that Syria has called a halt - after all, as much as Barak needs to be able to return to Tel Aviv claiming to have won security concessions, so does Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk Al-Sharaa need to be able to return to Damascus with an Israeli commitment to cede the Golan. So Bill Clinton will have to make...
...goofily informal place to work. Decor ran to Star Wars figures and giant papier-mache Pez dispensers, a wedding gift when Pierre and Pam tied the knot. The first employees had to assemble their own desks, and everyone sat on fold-up beach chairs. Work ground to a halt at 3 p.m. for Nerf soccer games...
...stuff like that, I would say on a daily basis. A lot of times, he was walking around down in the dumps." Yet the sergeant let the trash talking continue, contrary to Army policy. "Everybody was having fun," Kleifgen said, trying to explain why he hadn't ordered a halt...
...radio blared music while the soldiers played Wiffle ball and drained a keg of beer. Although 21 is the legal drinking age in Kentucky, younger troops--like the 18-year-old Glover--downed many beers that night. A staff sergeant on duty in the barracks did nothing to halt the illegal drinking. Glover and Winchell kept away from each other, one soldier said, and there was no overt hostility between them. As midnight drew closer, the keg dribbled dry. Glover began whacking the empty aluminum cask with the Wiffle-ball...