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Some American leaders believe the large, flexible and dominating forces the U.S. now commands are essential to retaining superpower status. Says General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: "I want to be the biggest bully on the block." Large, highly capable forces are likely to make aggressors think twice about risking a fight with the U.S. And if a fight does break out, overwhelming American power might end it quickly and keep casualties...
...were the mountain people the anthropologist Colin Turnbull found in northern Uganda some years ago. They were going hungry and mistreating one another in horrible ways...
...them. What a difference a year can make. Now there are three new biographies of Diana, all claiming the union is dead, a disaster, a sham. And as usual, woe is what sells. Andrew Morton's Diana: Her True Story (Simon & Schuster; $22) tops the best-seller lists; Lady Colin Campbell's Diana in Private: The Princess Nobody Knows (St. Martin's Press; $19.95) and Nicholas Davies' Diana: A Princess and Her Troubled Marriage (Birch Lane Press; $21.95) are on the charts...
...problem with this speculation is that Rudman himself is not available. "I would not serve as a Vice President for anyone ever," he declares. Another crossover name is Colin Powell. But again the same pitfall: there are no signs that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff wants to be the first black candidate on anyone's national ticket...
Ross Perot is not the sort of politician who would pick a running mate from, say, New Hampshire just to bring geographical balance to the ticket. He'd rather draft a can-do hero. Insiders say Colin Powell has been on his short list. But Perot's greatest ticket-building efforts so far, according to one report, have been spent trying to woo Desert Storm commander NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF. Frustrated voters would be likely to cheer Stormin' Norman as just the sort of guy who could help get things done in Washington. But Schwarzkopf, who reportedly has turned down Perot...