61.   Since last year, prosecutors have focused on top government officials in Yugoslavia and the most senior commanders in the military and the police.

62.   Some are not convinced that senior commanders have given enough thought to the strain this has placed on personnel.

63.   Some diplomats said they believe the paramilitary violence had been allowed to take place with the cooperation of senior Indonesian military commanders opposed to an independent East Timor.

64.   Some US special force team members voiced a belief that the insertion of the senior commanders had hampered the war effort.

65.   Some weapons and vehicles seized were from men loyal to a senior Taliban commander, Mullah Muhammad Abbas.

66.   Still, senior commanders are cautious, and many are innately suspicious of any over-reliance on gizmos.

67.   Students range from cadets learning marksmanship for a few weeks to senior commanders learning about tactics and budgets for a year.

68.   That is not such a discouraging reality, since many senior commanders are well-educated, worldly and sophisticated.

69.   The answer is not to fire senior commanders who opposed the assault on Grozny, which Yeltsin did Thursday.

70.   The attack came as a senior commander predicted that the city would fall within a few days.