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...Schwarzkopf took on various Army assignments and later served two tours in Vietnam, first as a paratrooper advising Vietnamese airborne troops, then as commander of an infantry battalion. Twice he was wounded in action; three times he won a Silver Star. On one occasion, he tiptoed into a minefield to rescue a wounded soldier; it scared him to death, he told a reporter later. Says his sister Sally: "He went off to Vietnam as the heroic captain. He came back having lost his youth...
...that is if everything goes well, which is no sure thing. The economists in the TIME forum warned that the U.S. faces a minefield of unprecedented risks that could worsen the recession and prolong it through next year and beyond. Chief among them is the threat of a drawn-out war in the Persian Gulf. That could push the price of oil, which closed at $25.92 per bbl. last week, well past the $41.40-per-bbl. peak that it hit in October. Another serious threat is the possibility of a crisis in the U.S. banking system, which is awash...
...country's cities. He also wants the national Congress of the People's Deputies to take urgent measures to untangle the confusion that reigns in local government. In his view, the concentration of legislative, executive and oversight powers into the hands of city councils has become a "minefield of exploding booby traps." But he does nurture his own dream for the city that Peter the Great built in the 18th century out of / frozen wasteland on the western edge of Russia. "We want to be more than a window to Europe," says Sobchak. "We want to open a door...
These clumsy techniques show that being a WMC is not as much of an asset as it used to be. WMCs are, after all, mainly to blame for the bulging deficit, the savings and loan debacle and a host of other ills. Substantively and stylistically, it's a minefield out there for the WMC. This may be the year when outsiders have the inside track...
...just come from a playground. Khi Ha Won's parents live in a Thai refugee camp, but he kept nagging to join the soldiers. Eventually they let him. The last time he was rotated forward, he could plainly see two Burmese soldiers on the other side of the minefield reinforcing their bunkers with mud and wood. He lifted his carbine to shoot but was sharply ordered to hold his fire. He still seems incredulous about that; the hardest lesson for the children to accept is that ammunition has to be saved...