41.   Around this home of the glory-covered Army Rangers, the black beret is a badge of honor recognized even by children.

42.   Australian ex-soldiers wore floppy hats and French veterans sported black berets as South Korean pop music blared across a Seoul plaza.

43.   But the Army, in all its wisdom, recently decided to make black berets the standard headgear for soldiers, from the lowliest enlisted man on up.

44.   Clad in jungle fatigues and black berets, the team begins its morning sweep, stalking past steamy stalls and peering suspiciously at lush tropical vegetation.

45.   During the visit, the princess wore her camouflage military uniform and a black beret over her cropped blond hair.

46.   For years, the black beret has been the exclusive headgear of the Rangers, a small force with a glory-covered history.

47.   For years, the black beret has been the exclusive headgear of the Rangers, a small, elite force with a glory-covered history.

48.   Grim-faced Swiss Guards, wearing blue tunics and black berets, stood in position inside the gate.

49.   However, the deputy defense secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, is reviewing whether the Army erred in contracting with China and other foreign manufacturers to supply the black berets.

50.   In any event, he said his original decision to put the rest of the Army in black berets will not be changed.