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...According to an internal Pentagon document obtained by TIME, the U.N. peacekeepers are "not equipped to enforce a cease-fire." Nor does the Pentagon believe NATO air power will be effective for this purpose. NATO planes could stop a large scale assault on Sarajevo but would be stretched too thin to police minor infractions everywhere. So according to the Pentagon document, the only way for the armistice to last is through "self policing" by the warring parties...
DIED. MARGARET GORMAN CAHILL, 90, the first Miss America; in Washington. Seventy-four years before TV viewers pondered the pros and cons of the Miss America swimsuit competition, back when the pageant was little else but a swimsuit competition, a flapper-thin form won the title for the 5-ft. 1-in., 16-year-old (or 15-year-old, according to some rumors) Cahill...
...film version of Persuasion, directed by Roger Michell, seizes on this desperation, making it the film's emotional keynote. When Anne (Amanda Root) first appears, she seems almost panicked, with her pale face, thin-lipped grimace and wide, staring eyes. She is still stunned over the rupture with Wentworth, and when he is first referred to in her presence she trembles, almost weeping. This sense of barely contained grief haunts her throughout the film...
...Personally, I've used [CD-ROMs] a lot," said Margaret L. Roberts '96. "I thin it's really good for people looking for very specialized topics. They are very helpful...
...Thin Ice; PBH, Small Claims Advisory; Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club; Harvard Law School Mediation Program...