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TORRENTIAL RAINFALL PELTING DOWN ON A CORRUGATED-IRON roof jolted Specialist Jason Andrews from sleep on New Year's morning. "God, I'm still here," was the first thought that occurred to the 23-year-old from Winter Haven, Florida. "I was dreaming about a beach and warm weather," he says, "and I wake up in a sleeping bag in Bosnia...
...IRON AGE REVISITED Ripken was also responsible for bringing back the hallowed memory of the "Iron Horse," Lou Gehrig. By playing in 2,131--and counting--consecutive games for the Baltimore Orioles, the Iron Bird has channeled not only Gehrig's incredible work ethic but his grace and humility as well...
...kept for the duration of its presence. To anticipate harmony in the Balkans subsequent to NATO's withdrawal however, is not cynical or pessimistic as many would have you believe, but the unfortunate reality of a terrifically fierce ethnic conflict. Even Bismarck, who advocated a policy of "Blood and Iron" avoided intervention in the Balkans following the Crimean War for fear of the possible repercussions. Upon his removal by the Kaiser, Germany asserted itself, and World War I resulted...
...WORLD WAR II SURVIVOR WHO WAS drafted at 16 and was decorated with the Iron Cross. I ended up in Hitler's bunker as one of his last couriers. Not until I saw documentaries about the concentration camps and followed the Nuremberg trials did I realize the extent of the Nazi war crimes and recognize there were millions of innocent victims. We should not ask if Bosnia is worth dying for, but instead ask if thousands of innocent people, mostly women and children, are worth protecting. I wish that I had had the chance of putting my life...
Perhaps to his own surprise, Izquierdo--who had emigrated from Cuba hoping to teach dance--turned out to be a wonderful father. At first there were panicky calls to female acquaintances about diapers and formula, but eventually he mastered the basics. Every morning he would iron a dress for Elisa and put her beautiful hair into braids or pigtails. When she was four, he rented a Queens banquet hall for a party marking her baptism. Says a friend, Mary Crespo: "She was his life. He would always say Elisa was his princess...