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...Balkans. But in a practical sense, they also have to do with the very specific problem of fighting a day-to-day guerrilla war in a hilly country, where camouflage is easy and offensive operation hard. Kosovo's mountains stretch up nearly 9,000 ft., and the snow-clogged highlands are almost completely underdeveloped, with few four-wheel-drive tracks and no roads. The only modes of transport are donkeys and feet--a kind of primitiveness that serves as a leveller between the ammo-starved K.L.A. and the powerfully armed Serbs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Kosovo Burns | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...requires hiring a DJ or band, rounding up a crowd, checking the lighting system, making sure the decor is >=smooth=Each promoter does a chunk of the club. The party is hosted by everyone, but each promoter puts his own element into each part of the club.=beach party,=snow night,=James Bond=People like to see the same faces week after week when they come to a club,=We give them comfort and reassurance, and they know what to expect. When people go out they may not be as enthused if they do not know what to expect.=international...

Author: By Lisa J. Powell, | Title: Fade Into a Perfect Night: The Life of a Boston Club Promoter | 4/8/1999 | See Source »

Kosovar civilians appeared to be in even more jeopardy. On the Kosovo-Macedonia border, refugee flows sped up. "We walked 21 hours through the snow," Jrfete Jdrizi, 20, said as she stood near the border with her 75-year-old aunt. "I was almost crawling at the end." But reports trickling out of the province from aid workers and refugees described a horror show of massacres, forced marches and destroyed villages. The tales were hard to confirm, but early CIA findings seemed to buttress the allegations. News of the possible atrocities set off the spin machine at the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into The Fire | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

Hillary Clinton would make a superb Senator [NATION, March 1] should the electorate of Arkansas choose to bestow the honor upon her. Representing New York, however, would be contortionism in true Clintonesque style. She has not shoveled New York snow or paid New York taxes. She has not earned the right to represent the people of New York. STEPHEN P. SCHAEFER Rochester...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 29, 1999 | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...what is your personal favorite snow-figure...

Author: By D. M. Rosenblatt, | Title: Snow Search | 3/25/1999 | See Source »

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