41.   At best, if Milosevic yields to a negotiated compromise, ground troops will deploy in Kosovo to keep the peace.

42.   At some point, he said, large numbers of ground troops are likely to be needed.

43.   At the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was circumspect Thursday when asked if the United States might use a significant number of ground troops inside Afghanistan.

44.   At the same time, some potential candidates for the Republican presidential nomination are now speaking of the need to send in ground troops.

45.   At the same time, U.S. officials stressed that no ground troops were being deployed except to rescue downed NATO fliers if their aircraft crash in enemy territory.

46.   At the same time, lawmakers in both parties seem to agree that Clinton should not use ground troops without congressional permission.

47.   At the time of Kosovo, he used his access to President Clinton to try - unsuccessfully - to persuade him to drop his reluctance to commit ground troops.

48.   Bay State lawmakers chip in with their opinions about sending ground troops into Kosovo.

49.   Bacon said it would take about a month to amass enough ground troops to seriously threaten Milosevic on the ground.

50.   Before Sunday, there had been a few hundred U.S. ground troops in Afghanistan, almost all special operations forces.