1.   Allied air power had a lot of help in bringing the Balkan peace talks to this point.

2.   As a result, they are not attending the Balkan peace talks but are being represented by Milosevic.

3.   Baumholder is the German town that President Clinton visited earlier this month to pitch the Balkan peace accord directly to soldiers.

4.   A Balkan peace agreement is to be signed in Paris.

5.   But the harsh outline of a possible Balkan peace now seems reasonably clear.

6.   But what place wampum, what place justice in securing a Balkan peace?

7.   Clinton has indicated he would veto the measure, though its passage threw last-minute uncertainty into Balkan peace talks at a delicate moment.

8.   For now the United States and its allies seem ready to persist in the policy of trying to construct a Balkan peace around Milosevic.

9.   His nominal battlefield ally, Croatia, threatens to absorb nearly half of the territory Izetbegovic would be left with under current proposals before the Balkan peace talks.

10.   Hurdles remain on the perilous road toward a Balkan peace.