11.   Gen. Israel Putnam, like most American generals in the Revolutionary War, was better known for strategic and tactical retreats than for victories.

12.   Jacques Klein, a retired American general who heads the United Nations mission to Bosnia, flew personally to take Kostunica to Sarajevo.

13.   Komatsu says that the American general demanded that Japan set up a brothel for his men.

14.   She has already angered some Republicans by scrutinizing the actions of American generals and pilots during the war in Kosovo.

15.   The American general said that in this campaign the Russians were exhibiting better command and control, effectively coordinating complex operations.

16.   The Korean War is raging, and an American general wants to turn things around by invading North Korea.

17.   The mission the president has in mind would operate under unified NATO command, with an American general at the head.

18.   The Russian troops will not serve under NATO command but will take operational orders from the American general in charge of the entire operation, Gen. George A. Joulwan.

19.   The strategy has worked before, and with an American general, too.

20.   Abandoning a hard-line stance, South Korea has agreed to let an American general represent the United Nations in armistice talks with North Korea, Seoul officials said Wednesday.