91.   Likely to weigh heavily in any decision to sent a foreign force to Zaire would be the lesson from intervention in Somalia four years ago.

92.   Local lawmakers voice their concerns about sending a U.S. peacekeeping force to Bosnia.

93.   Mindful of this essentially American characteristic, recent presidents have avoided committing U.S. forces to any but quick and decisive exercises of power.

94.   Most hazards demanding a rapid commitment of forces to distant places will not require the military units to fight their way in.

95.   Moreover, the option to use ground forces might also be useful if airstrikes eventually lead Yugoslav forces to retreat.

96.   Much of its heavy presence has been curbed by international forces who are trying to hold the force to its agreement to disarm and shed their uniforms.

97.   Nevertheless, the United States continued to send more jet fighters, heavy bombers, ships and ground forces to the Persian Gulf region.

98.   No president wants to expose his forces to heedless casualties.

99.   New York showed up in force to will Ivanisevic, a four-time opening-round loser here, to victory.

100.   Officials of both countries have attacked the Clinton administration for favoring measures that would put their soldiers at risk while refusing itself to send ground forces to Bosnia.