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...warplanes, was probably the last foe to make that mistake. The death of 18 U.S. Army troops in Somalia in 1993 showed the perils of fighting a primitive foe. Even though some 500 Somalis died in the battle, the fight was seen as a defeat for the U.S., which withdrew shortly thereafter. Milosevic was the first test case following the Gulf War in which an enemy could choose, more or less, to try to engage the U.S. and its allies militarily. Knowing he could never win, he has decided simply to stretch out the campaign so much that NATO tires...
...April 9, Annan announced a peace proposal which would stop the bombing once Yugoslavia withdrew its military forces from Kosovo and allowed the return of refugees. It also would have required an international peacekeeping force in Kosovo after Yugoslavia's withdrawal. Annan's proposal is sound; it makes clear that the aim of the NATO intervention is not to punish Yugoslavian civilians but to protect the civilians violently uprooted in Kosovo. Without the return of refugees and the removal of Yugoslav Army units, those who wish to see an Albanian-free Kosovo will have triumphed...
...strengthened by the limits on NATO's options. Despite discussing protecting Kosovar Albanians in an autonomous zone, the alliance remains loath to fight its way in. A ground invasion of Kosovo would demand more than 100,000 troops, and would inevitably involve extensive casualties. "If Milosevic stopped his offensive, withdrew some of his forces and opened dialogue on a peace plan that would allow NATO to save face, that would likely be an attractive option to at least some of NATO," says Dowell. Indeed, on Friday French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine said peace talks could begin if Milosevic halted...
...Farnsworth's key patents were close to expiring. When they did, RCA was quick to take charge of the production and sales of TV sets, and in a vigorous public-relations campaign, promoted both Zworykin and Sarnoff as the fathers of television. Farnsworth withdrew to a house in Maine, suffering from depression, which was made worse by excessive drinking. He had a nervous breakdown, spent time in hospitals and had to submit to shock therapy. And in 1947, as if he were being punished for having invented television, his house in Maine burned to the ground. One wishes it could...
...panel, which drew an audience of over 1.30 to the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), had been co-sponsored by the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Supporters' Alliance, but the organization withdrew its support due to the participation of moderator Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield...