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Although it has long been famously neutral, Switzerland, as an English scholar once wrote, "has been in a state of war every weekend since 1945." The gibe has more than a little truth to it. On weekends rifle ranges around the country resound with the din of thousands of Swiss practicing their marksmanship. At the same time, Northrop F-5E Tiger fighter jets skim along mountain faces and blue-gray-uniformed figures clamber down couloirs and across alpine meadows. With a militia of 625,000 men, Switzerland, as the well-worn saying goes, does not have an army...
...Swiss military has not engaged foreign troops since 1815, when Napoleon's army withdrew after a 17-year occupation. As a result of Switzerland's extraordinary military preparedness, no aggressor since then has seen fit to challenge its control of the mountain passes. Last week, however, the Swiss army suffered a rare setback -- not in battle, but at the polls...
Earlier, Albert Hakim, who helped divert millions of dollars in U.S. Government profits from Iranian arms sales into secret Swiss accounts and siphoned some to the contras, was permitted to cop a plea. He admitted being guilty of a mere misdemeanor: helping to buy a security fence for Oliver North's suburban Washington home. In return, felony charges against him were dropped...
...Swiss time, he is plopped on a couch watching television in a room full of hockey players. He cannot find Alex Trebek's mug on the tube, but the faces around him are familiar. In for a visit are former teammates Andy Janfaza '88, Steve Armstrong '88 and Gerald Green...
MacDonald is playing hockey for Lugano, one of 10 Swiss teams in a top European hockey league. The team has captured the league championship two of the past three years and, seven weeks into this season, holds second place. MacDonald, who skates on the top line, has seven goals in his first 14 outings...