1.   The army would try to hold the western desert with a bare minimum of forces.

2.   This army tried to outfit all its soldiers.

3.   After the war, the Japanese army tried to hide its activities at Okunoshima.

4.   Either way, the fear is that the army may try to prevent the holding of a genuinely democratic election.

5.   In Rwanda, Hutu militias slaughtered Tutsis while a Hutu-led army tried to fend off the Tutsi-led rebels who now run the country.

6.   Late Thursday night, the army was still trying to identify the bodies of the soldiers.

7.   Meanwhile, the Soviet army tried to recruit Costya for a posting to Afghanistan even though he was past the age of liability for military service.

8.   Now that she has gone public with the accusations, however, she said the army is trying to undermine her credibility.

9.   The army is trying to sweeten its presence by twinning counterinsurgency sweeps with civic exercises.