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SCOPJE, Macedonia: Coming to terms with the painfully-slow progress of peace in Bosnia, the Clinton Administration now concedes that U.S. troops may have to remain there beyond the December 20 deadline originally established for their departure. Making the announcement during a five-day trip to Europe, Defense Secretary William Perry said that if NATO extends its peacekeeping commitment in Bosnia, he would recommend that the U.S. support the decision. TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson reports: "The Balkans have been a cauldron of religious hatred and intolerance for centuries. It's silly to think that all these wounds...
...past drug use and genetic predisposition to various diseases. As part of the Hippocratic oath, physicians promise to keep whatever they learn about a patient to themselves. But it's hard to keep a secret if more than a couple of people are in on it; in a typical five-day stay at a teaching hospital, as many as 150 people--from nursing staff to X-ray technicians to billing clerks--have legitimate access to a single patient's records...
CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA is keeping a close watch on the space shuttle Atlantis because of a leak in a vital hydraulic system used to control wing flaps, brakes and landing gear. The space agency says the six astronauts on board are not in danger, but the shuttle's planned five-day docking with Russian space station Mir may have to be shortened. The problem developed when one of the three auxiliary power units began leaking hydraulic fluid immediately after liftoff. NASA rules stipulate that after achieving its objectives, a shuttle must return to earth as soon as possible...
...grand prize is a five-day, four-night trip for two to Seattle, with hotel and airfare paid for by Seattle's Best Coffee, the largest contributor to the raffle...
This August the Marlboro Unlimited--a multimillion-dollar, 20-car, specially built train sporting high glass-domed passenger cars, a cinema, a dance club, hot tubs, staterooms with private baths and, everywhere, the Marlboro logo--embarks from Denver for the first of 20 five-day treks through the West. One hundred winners of a sweepstakes drawing, who must testify they are smokers over 21, will be flown to the train with their guests and receive $1,000 mad money. They will take side trips on horseback, white-water raft and hot-air balloon. They will see private shows by country...