1.   As no man can serve two masters we had long been told no wise general tries to fight on two fronts.

2.   The general was trying to confuse the enemy.

3.   But rather than consider a coup, the general tried to think of ways that the military could help.

4.   Like so many Western visitors before him in the Balkans, the general tried to encourage leaders of different ethnic groups to work together.

5.   Nor has the general tried to head off a Citizens for Powell movement in New Hampshire or a small but persistent national draft-Powell effort.

6.   Nor was the message lost on the military in April, when a Paraguayan general, Lino Cesar Oviedo, tried to seize power from President Juan Carlos Wasmosy.

7.   The general tried.

8.   The general will try to restore confidence by gaining a battlefield victory in the coming days, the aide said.

9.   The general tried to reassure the Albanians of French neutrality.

10.   The general was trying to avoid standing trial for war crimes.