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There may have been no ticker tape parade for General Wesley Clark, but that doesn?t mean he?s getting the military version of a pink slip. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that General Clark, who commanded NATO forces in the war over Kosovo, will be removed from his command two months ahead of schedule early next year, linking the move to alleged tensions between Clark and the Pentagon over the conduct of the campaign. But the military?s explanation for the move may hold more water. "The fact is, Clark won the war," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson...
...outcome. NATO was indeed forced to step up the air war, and many observers believe that it was only the prospect of a ground war that actually prompted Yuogslav strongman Slobodan Milosevic to withdraw from Kosovo. "Clark may be suffering from perceptions created by the absence of a ticker tape parade," says Thompson. "But that?s because Clark won a hybrid war that wasn?t even declared...
...parties or vacations. But the viewfinder was noticeably dull, actually discouraging me from taking shots. Minolta's silvery Vectis 2000 was the lightest of the trio and has a slick pull-open case. But it didn't seem so slick when I had to slap a piece of Scotch tape on the battery compartment to keep it from popping open. And the hatch marks that showed up on the edges of the viewfinder when I switched to classic or panoramic views were distracting...
When I was young in the Dark Ages, I played field hockey with a stick that had duct tape around its base. The nun who coached us would pin up her long blue sleeves, hold an instruction manual in front of her and pray. We sewed numbers on old gym suits to make them look like uniforms, while the guys wore miracle-fabric football jerseys over molded plastic sufficient to protect them in the event of a nuclear attack...
...friend, and he showed me his CD player. It was a gray, futuristic affair that inspired awe (I still grin when I look at similar setups). But I just wanted the CD player because I'd seen and used one, and I thought it was cooler than a tape player. I mean, really, any given CD looked more artistic than a cassette. It had paint already on it. The cover was art, sure, but when you opened the case, you found another work of beauty, either swirling and complex or elegantly simple, a new aesthetic by which to judge...