51.   Beneath the surface of support for NATO rests considerable uneasiness over the prospect of invading Yugoslavia with ground troops.

52.   Blair was portrayed the previous day as being in favor of sending ground troops into Kosovo, a move that Clinton had strongly opposed.

53.   Boldly calling for ground troops and a vigorous prosecution of the air war, McCain has enhanced his chances by vaulting to the forefront of the war policy debate.

54.   A combination of herculean efforts by ground troops and favorable weather conditions brought the fire under control without the tankers, they said.

55.   A few days, they assured, no ground troops and just a handful of judiciously aimed Cruise missiles, before the evil dictator came to his senses.

56.   A great deal more bombing and diplomacy should be employed before Clinton and the nation make any fateful decisions about the use of ground troops.

57.   A majority of Americans, and a larger majority of Britons, now favor the use of ground troops.

58.   A Pentagon spokesman, Col. Richard Bridges, said the force was in no way a vanguard of ground troops to invade Yugoslavia.

59.   A Pentagon official said the goal of the ground troops was to attach a team to each opposition group that was prepared to work with Washington against the Taliban.

60.   A second option for ground troops would be a small US army division in Hawaii, the official said.