61.   Norman Schwarzkopf, the retired general who commanded U.S. troops in the Gulf War, joined prominent Democrats in firing back.

62.   Norman Schwarzkopf, the retired general who commanded American troops in the Gulf War, joined prominent Democrats in firing back.

63.   On Monday, State Department officials said several retired U.S. generals are helping Croatia organize its military.

64.   Other possible candidates include Aleksandr Lebed, a retired general, and possibly Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet president, whose popularity in Russia is minuscule.

65.   President Alfonso Portillo also recently switched Defense Minister Eduardo Arevalo Lacs, a retired general, to the post of interior minister.

66.   President Bush is sending Zinni to try to forge a cease-fire that the retired Marine general sought without success in two previous trips.

67.   Powell, the retired general, told the nation nearly two months ago that he would not run for president.

68.   Powell, the polls and the political experts say yes, and so do many of the folks who are mobbing the retired general on his current book tour.

69.   Retired generals and defense analysts here say the country has no good military options against Pakistan, which like India has its own formidable army and nuclear arsenal.

70.   Retired generals had been debating the relevancy of the military service academies, in a sense the future of a professional officer corps.