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Don't know about you, but I'm suffering "willide-withdrawal". We need more of them colorful sayings and we're running low. Here's a recap of some of the winners of the last month or so ... Famous willide quotes on FR: They're workin like weevils in a barrel of flour. Bullshit. And believe me, I know what bullshit is. I've stepped in, landed in, and hopped over more piles of it than there is grits in a iron pot. I wouldn't piss in a libertarian's ass if his guts was on fire. Madder 'n a red-ass goat. You gotta swim in what ...

The NATO-led stabilisation force (S-For) in Bosnia has announced plans to significantly reduce its numbers starting this year. Its commander, the United States General, Montgomery Meigs, said the cuts were necessary because of the financial burden on the NATO countries, which are also contributing to the Kosovo force, K-For. But he said the cuts would not affect S-For's day-to-day duties as the force would become more efficient. Correspondents say that according to some estimates the international community spends some $9bn annually in Bosnia, both for the peacekeeping operation and for the economic recovery of the country. For educational and ...

U.S. to Philippines: Send fugitive back By JANE BUSSEY Herald Business Writer Mark Jimenez, the Miami computer exporter who became the largest Florida donor to the Democratic National Committee before being indicted for illegal campaign contributions to President Clinton, is living in the Philippines as a special advisor to that country's president. Last week, the U.S. government formally asked Philippine authorities to arrest him and return him to the United States. Justice Department spokesman John Russell said the Jimenez case is ''a priority matter, and we're treating it like a priority matter.'' The United States has an extradition treaty with ...

He vowed that ``we can do better.'' He pledged to ``take my own values of faith and family to the presidency.'' With those pointed promises, Vice President Al Gore is stepping out from under President Clinton's shadow, carefully distinguishing himself from the man who has dominated American politics for good and ill through the 1990s. Gore enters the presidential contest as the overwhelming favorite to win the Democratic nomination -- since World War II every vice president who has sought his party's nomination has received it. But in setting a distinct tone this early in the campaign, Gore openly ...

--- for fair discussion only --- Some Tips on Surviving an Internship Without a Grant of Immunity New York Times - Week in Review It's been a year and a half since the word "intern" became a punchline, time enough, perhaps, to purge the national consciousness of tiresome jokes about fringe benefits and dry cleaning. And time enough for interns to resume their rightful place at the bottom of the office food chain, no matter how they got their jobs or how much money their parents gave the campaign. Throughout history, interns have labored in obscurity, working long hours for ...

The international peacekeeping force in Kosovo says most Yugoslav forces have left the province and predicts the full withdrawal will be completed by this weekend, half a day ahead of schedule. The BBC reports convoys of tractors pulling wagons crammed with Serb women, children and household goods are also on the move, amid estimates that around 50,000 people have fled since the Serb forces began pulling out last week. They are now camped outside Kosovo in southern Serbia. Meanwhile KFOR Brigadier Bill Rollo says an agreement is close in talks with the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) guerillas on their ...

Blair says Serbs must share Milosevic guilt COLOGNE, Germany, June 20 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair suggested on Sunday that the people of Serbia should bear some share of responsibility for war crimes committed in their name in Kosovo. ``They cannot walk away from these crimes,'' Blair said in an interview with the BBC recorded at the Group of Eight summit, where Kosovo has been top of the agenda. He accused Serbian paramilitaries of killing thousands of innocent people in Kosovo. Blair said it was a fact that no country would give reconstruction aid to Serbia while President ...

RUNNING AWAY FROM BILL By ERIC FETTMANN NO vice president of the United States in history has ever so vehemently disavowed his political patron - the sitting president - as did Al Gore last week in announcing his bid for the White House. The way in which he repeatedly distanced himself from Bill Clinton was absolutely astonishing, coming from a man who literally began every answer in the 1992 VP debate with the phrase, "Bill Clinton and I ... " Gore spent much of his lengthy sitdown with ABC's Diane Sawyer, and of subsequent interviews with other reporters, denouncing the ...

U.S. MAY SEND HUMANITARIAN AID TO SERBIA By URI DAN and BRIAN BLOMQUIST President Clinton has vowed never to rebuild Serbia while Milosevic is in power. But humanitarian aid could be available.The United States and other industrialized world leaders might rebuild Serbia's roads and electricity plants - even if Slobodan Milosevic remains in power. After Russia blocked the world leaders from adopting a Kosovo rebuilding program that excluded Serbia, White House national security adviser Sandy Berger said restoring electricity to Belgrade might be covered under "humanitarian aid" to the country. President Clinton has vowed never to rebuild Serbia while Milosevic, ...

THEIR LOVE BLOSSOMED AMID BOMBINGS By URI DAN THERE are plenty of tragic stories emerging from the Kosovo crisis - and one love story. While Belgrade was being lit up for 78 nights by laser-guided NATO missiles and bombs, Lidia found Sinicha. "We met at a party on March 22, just two days before the bombing began," said Lidia, a pretty 26-year-old blonde. "I don't believe we could have fallen so quickly in love without the bombings," she told me. "There was no time to pretend. It was a time to be what you really are, especially when you felt ...

GUN DEALERS: PATAKI POLICY ON TARGET By FREDRIC U. DICKER ALBANY - Gov. Pataki won praise from gun dealers here yesterday for permitting the semiannual Albany Gun Show to go on as scheduled on state-owned property for the 25th year in a row. Pataki, under pressure from anti-gun groups, said Friday that he had ordered the closing of a "loophole" in federal gun laws which would have permitted unlicensed gun dealers to sell modern rifles and shotguns at the two-day show without doing a background check through an FBI-sponsored telephone hot line. Several of those unlicensed dealers, manning their gun-covered ...

HILL IN N.Y. STATE OF MIND By MAGGIE HABERMAN Hillary Clinton, who's seriously mulling a run for U.S. Senate, reportedly plans to leave the White House more than a year early and move to New York to become a stronger presence in the state. The First Lady, who will set up an exploratory committee next month, will likely be in the Empire State by the fall, U.S. News & World Report says in this week's edition. "She should be here by the fall," the magazine quotes an adviser "who she regularly consults with" as saying. "Everyone will understand if she ...

A German Army soldier of the German KFOR contingent in Macedonia died today through a shot from his service pistol. This was acknowledged by the Federal Ministry of Defense. The closer circumstances of the suicide are still being examined. The BILD magazine claims it was suicide. The magazine reports the soldier was on the way to Skopie as a passenger in a vehicle when he suddenly pulled his pistol and shot himself.

Serbs Turn Inward, Exhausted and Distrustful of Politicians By Michael Dobbs Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, June 20, 1999; Page A19 BELGRADE, June 19—As the Yugoslav army completes its withdrawal from Kosovo, and tens of thousands of Serbian refugees stream northward, the predominant mood in the rest of Serbia is a mixture of exhaustion, concern about the future, and a mistrust of all politicians, from Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to the leaders of pro-Western opposition parties. Just weeks after Serbian cities were gripped by an outpouring of popular rage at the NATO bombing campaign, public opinion seems to be turning ...

Serbs Had Many Methods, Reasons for Waging War on Kosovo Albanians By Daniel Williams Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, June 20, 1999; Page A19 PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, June 19—The man in plain green paramilitary clothing had shot his way into Premtin Gojani's three-story house, robbed the family of money and jewels, and killed Gojani's 72-year-old father by shooting him in the mouth. The gunman said he had to hurry, Gojani recalled, because NATO peacekeepers were arriving the next day. "Tomorrow I will go back to Serbia, and I won't be able to kill any more Albanians. So I must do it ...

NATO Hastens Disarming of KLA as Serb Fears Rise By Molly Moore Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, June 20, 1999; Page A19 UROSEVAC, Yugoslavia, June 19—With the last Yugoslav troops scheduled to depart Kosovo on Sunday, NATO forces are preparing to escalate the disarming of ethnic Albanian guerrillas who are taking over increasing police and governmental roles, often including violence and intimidation of rival Serbian communities. Even though NATO and Kosovo Liberation Army officials still have not signed an agreement setting the timetable for demilitarization of the separatist rebels, allied forces already have confiscated hundreds of weapons from KLA members ...

Allies Need Upgrade, General Says Air War Leader Cites U.S. Dominance in NATO Campaign By William Drozdiak Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, June 20, 1999; Page A20 The U.S. Air Force general who commanded NATO's successful air war against Yugoslavia says America's European allies should invest in more advanced weapons or risk becoming permanent junior partners in alliance military campaigns. In a telephone interview Thursday, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Short said the overwhelming dominance of the air war by the United States -- which some European governments have criticized -- was inevitable given U.S. superiority in precision-guided weaponry. ...

Firearms Fight Isn't Over Yet Efforts Nationwide Seek More Controls By Michael Grunwald and Roberto Suro Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, June 20, 1999; Page A01 Gun control was shot down in the House of Representatives last week, but that doesn't mean it's dead. State legislatures in California, New York and even Utah are pushing tougher firearms restrictions. A variety of lawsuits against gun manufacturers are winding through the courts. Grass-roots groups across the nation are launching anti-gun campaigns. And in light of recent national polls suggesting growing support for gun control, President Clinton and top congressional Democrats believe the ...

Like Commission, Clinton's Book on Race Languishes By Charles Babington Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, June 20, 1999; Page A02 President Clinton hopes to redeem his often-criticized initiative on race by writing a substantial book on the issue, but the project has become mired in delays and White House disputes. As a result, administration officials say, it may be impossible for the book and the overall initiative to produce the bold conclusions and proposals the president once promised. And that would greatly diminish Clinton's hopes of leaving a legacy of courageous, practical means of improving racial relations in America, a ...

Compromise May Be Near on New Agency to Oversee Atomic Arms Nuclear Security Blanket By Walter Pincus Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, June 20, 1999; Page A03 In the aftermath of allegations of Chinese espionage, the Department of Energy and its congressional critics are moving toward a compromise: creating a new agency within the department to oversee the production of America's nuclear weapons. The proposed reorganization is aimed not only at reducing the vulnerability to spying but also at clarifying lines of authority and making more efficient the $6 billion-a-year complex of weapons laboratories, reactors and assembly plants that stretch ...