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...Still, the Serb pullout has -- at least for now -- stopped the terror campaign against Kosovar civilians, and may allow refugees to return to their homes as winter looms. "The Serb withdrawal has to be counted as a victory for Western pressure," says Calabresi. "Even if it's only a temporary...
Incorporating that big photo was a special triumph for our production team, led by Andy Blau, director of operations, and Nancy Mynio, production manager--who are on pace to set their own single-season record for adaptability. "It's a challenge to find enough special paper for 5 million pullout photos with eight hours' notice," says Blau of managing editor Walter Isaacson's midweek decision to include the keepsake. Three weeks ago, TIME compressed its production schedule to ready a special midweek edition following the President's televised address about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. This week the magazine expands...
...Although not unexpected (RJR was making loud pullout noises late last week), the move was bold nonetheless; this was (don't laugh) Big Tobacco's bid for sympathy. "Tobacco feels betrayed by the Senate on this deal," says TIME Washington correspondent Bruce Van Voorst. "Senators aren't returning their calls, and the legislation is draconian compared to their deal with the states...
...American pullout would be a major setback for the Russian space agency, which earns nearly $100 million a year selling rides aboard Mir to the U.S., as well as a blow to the Kremlin's prestige. So far, though, NASA has no such plan. And for the moment, the Russians have more immediate concerns. Last month's crash poked a hole in the station's Spektr module, forcing the crew to disconnect power cables so they could isolate the now airless Spektr from the rest...
...head of the Special Operations Command, Shelton is by all accounts a no-nonsense muti-service military man in a multitask world. Which fits the agenda that awaits him: smoothing the way into NATO for Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary; ensuring that the 1998 Bosnia troop pullout deadline is met, and dealing with a Pentagon cantankerous about shrinking budgets and expanding peacekeeping missions. But the best part about Shelton, who served as assistant commander of the Army's 101st Airborne Division in the Persian Gulf War, is that he looks to be scandal-free. President Clinton is said...