Word: optioned
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There are those who argue that some of the ethnic cleansing that has put hundreds of thousands of Bosnians to flight can be undone -- and can be prevented from happening again. Wohlstetter and others contend that Washington has been too quick to abandon its option of "lift and strike" -- lift the arms embargo against the Bosnian Muslims and strike at mainly Serbian heavy weapons with aircraft and limited ground forces. But it may be too late for that, with Sarajevo on the verge of defeat. In any case, the lift option is vehemently opposed by all of Europe except Germany...
There is still time, however, for action to prevent a larger Balkan war. "One option is containment in a southern direction," says Zalmay Khalilzad, director of strategic doctrine at the Rand Corp. "If the Serbs win in Bosnia, the prospect of the war spreading increases." He calls for more energetic involvement in Macedonia, where the U.S. has deployed a token force of 300 soldiers to join a Nordic battalion already in place. So small a unit is nothing more than a "trip wire," a warning to would-be aggressors that an attack would bring in much greater U.S. military power...
...dropped a clause promising "equal enforcement" among straights as well as gays of a military code of conduct that forbids acts of sodomy. And there was one major difference: although Nunn did not return to the pre-January policy of asking recruits their sexual orientation, his bill left that option open to some future Defense Secretary "as he considers appropriate." Said a Pentagon official who earlier described Nunn's hearings as "nibbling" away at the Administration version: "He just took another bite of the apple...
...most talked-about prospect for the QVC-HSN merger is the creation of a fifth network on a par with ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. A portion of the transaction gives QVC -- which is partly owned by cable-TV visionary John Malone of Tele-Communications Inc. -- the option to buy a controlling interest in HSN's TV spin-off, Silver King Communications, which owns 12 UHF stations, enough to form the core of a network...
...sheriff's office decided to exercise that option. "This guy has got some real problems," says Woodall. "He's a threat to the neighborhood, and we want them to know." At a tense meeting, county officials could do little but advise parents to warn children about strangers. Of the fire, Woodall says, "This is the first time we've had someone break the law and burn down a house. Everybody's on a learning curve...