61.   President Clinton has said the weapons are needed to protect U.S. troops on the Korean peninsula from a numerically superior North Korean army.

62.   She indicated only that, while the summit was historic, it was merely a first step towards genuine peace on the Korean peninsula.

63.   Some experts see the death of the man most responsible for the division of the Korean peninsula as a potentially hopeful sign.

64.   Still, feelings between the neighbors on the Korean peninsula are about as warm as the icy hills that mark their border.

65.   That could have reignited the nuclear-weapons crisis that gripped the Korean peninsula for a year and a half.

66.   That has meant conflicts in the Persian Gulf and on the Korean peninsula.

67.   That the Korean peninsula is still split by the Cold War may only add to the urgency.

68.   The administration successfully played the peacemaker in trouble spots ranging from Northern Ireland to the Middle East to the Korean peninsula.

69.   That the Korean peninsula is still split by the Cold War may add to the urgency.

70.   The arms buildup on the Korean peninsula is less of a concern because North Korea, beset by financial problems, has curtailed its nuclear weapons program.