51.   Senior Pentagon officials and field commanders say that American fighting readiness is fine for now.

52.   Sniper flies would seek out field commanders, recognizing them by the iris patterns of their eyes.

53.   Stalin, rigid and murderously awful as he was, nonetheless listened finally to his field commanders and approved of the grand strategy that eventually prevailed at Stalingrad.

54.   That delegation is expected to be led by the British officer, Lt. Gen. Michael Jackson, who will also serve as field commander of the peacekeepers.

55.   The Americans have brokered several recent meetings between senior Israeli and Palestinian security officials, and a meeting between field commanders is scheduled for later this week.

56.   The army regards Fontenot as perhaps the ablest field commander in the First Armored Division.

57.   The deaths have seized the attention of senior Pentagon officials and field commanders who are groping for an explanation.

58.   The order to fire interceptors would have to be issued almost immediately by field commanders after an enemy missile launch, leaving little time for consultation with Washington.

59.   The top British field commander denied any plans for withdrawal.

60.   The word was the same from the field commanders.