81.   This is a key reason the Western alliance seems so leaderless in facing the new crises of today.

82.   This variant of the old dream actually contained a glimmer of truth that made the contours of the future Western alliance visible in advance.

83.   To do less, especially if American action is the trigger for a hasty departure, might be to damage the western alliance beyond repair.

84.   West Germany responded by binding itself unequivocally into the western alliance.

85.   What the Western alliance led by the United States is in effect saying is that might is right and it wants a monopoly position in the world power system.

86.   With Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland added to the Western alliance membership, NATO would abut Russia along a narrow strip of land on the Baltic.

87.   Perry said he believes Poland will be one of the first countries added to the Western alliance, a status sought by several former Soviet bloc countries.

88.   Over the weekend, Russia said it could never tolerate Baltic membership in the Western military alliance.

89.   Ouellet left Wednesday night for Brussels, where he will attend a ministerial meeting of NATO, the western military alliance.

90.   Poland is expected to be one of three former East Bloc countries invited to join the western alliance at a meeting next week in Madrid, Spain.