1.   Four years ago, China had tried to frighten the Taiwanese out of voting for him, by holding military exercises involving crack troops opposite Taiwan.

2.   Last week he moved several hundred crack troops backed by tanks within striking range of the region, over the objections of the United States and the United Nations.

3.   Roh backed Chun and sent a regiment of crack troops with tanks and artillery to support the uprising.

4.   Syria responded to his tough talk by moving crack troops to the base of the Golan and reviving a war scare in Israel.

5.   When Russian crack troops started to advance, they were pounded from the air by their own helicopters.

6.   Croatia sends heavy artillery and hundreds of crack troops toward the last Serb-held swath of its territory on the border with Serbia.

7.   Crack troops wearing red berets were patrolling empty streets on Friday night to head off potential rioting.

8.   In a show of force, the Croatian army had moved crack troops and heavy artillery toward the front line over the last several days.

9.   In a show of force, the Croatian army moved crack troops and heavy artillery toward the front line last week.

10.   It was not immediately clear whether Yeltsin intended to use the bombing halt to pursue talks with the Chechens, but fresh crack troops were still arriving.