Word: marche
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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...
...painted as this unbelievably overaggressive woman who had this master plan--I guess it goes with the territory but it's a little disconcerting," says Dozoretz, who in March was named finance chairwoman for the Democratic National Committee and is running a nonstop schedule of big-money events. This week it's a planned roast at her home for Terry McAuliffe, the capo di tutti capi of Democratic fund raisers. At $25,000 a couple, the expected take: more than $3 million...
...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...
This time, it ain?t no sweet "Melissa." Unlike March?s viral vixen, which produced little more than some brief mayhem and an entertaining manhunt, ExploreZip isn?t a virus, it?s a worm ?- and quite an insidious one. Although structurally different, it's spreading as fast as the lightning-quick Melissa and doing a lot more damage. From large corporations such as Boeing and IBM to smaller, ironic targets such as antivirus software maker Symantec (and in countries from Germany to Israel, where it is believed to have originated), ExploreZip is entering computers through their e-mail systems...
...team had also overcome the adjustment that comes with a head coaching change during mid-season. The assistant coach Rick Handt took over the reigns from Sachi Gahan in late March and led the team to a strong finish...