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...Washington needed a theme song for its Kosovo policy, the Beach Boys? "Wouldn?t It Be Nice" might be a strong contender. When Moscow stole a march on NATO last Saturday by seizing Pristina?s airport, it was simply the latest indicator that U.S. strategy in Kosovo has been premised on an unhealthy dose of wishful thinking. The result may have been not only to underestimate the complexity of the Balkans, but also to usher in an unpredictable and dangerous new period in international relations. "This whole thing hasn?t been well thought through," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell...
...looking at where each side started -- and not at their latest stated aim -- that a real measure of victory or loss can be made. NATO launched its bombs and rockets after Milosevic rejected the take-it-or-leave-it proposals put to him at Rambouillet in March and launched his vicious ethnic cleansing campaign. Rambouillet envisaged the transfer of control over Kosovo to NATO authority, and estimated that the territory?s future status would be decided in a referendum held within three years ?- which would have allowed the Kosovo Liberation Army to realize its goal of independence from Yugoslavia...
...They've been briefed right along on progress and concerns, and are happy to hear the latest update," Eagan says...
...speaks about her projects with the enthusiasm and slang teenagers might use to refer to the latest fashions or music videos. She says that her Chinese composition will be "really cool" and declares with the insolence of a Vogue fashion editor that she is drawn toward shorter pieces because "symphonies are just not in anymore...
...there were any doubt that President Clinton would survive this latest crisis, that doubt was buried along with the slew of losing Republican candidates in the midterm elections. While presumably Congress must go through the motions dictated by law, nobody believes that these impeachment hearings will conclude in any serious result. They are a waste of time and, quite frankly, an embarrassment...