71.   On the evening before D-Day, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of Allied forces, could be found on his sofa reading a novel.

72.   Originally, Russia wanted to prohibit the permanent stationing of any allied forces in new member states.

73.   Other than troops from Britain, no significant contribution of allied forces is anticipated.

74.   Others, including senior veterans of the Persian Gulf War, merely express puzzlement over a policy they say could be much more forthcoming without endangering allied forces.

75.   Prince Khaled Bin Sultan, the Saudi commander of joint allied forces in the gulf war, is poised to kick up a new Middle Eastern dust storm.

76.   President Clinton, too, emphasized the risk to allied forces.

77.   Rumsfeld said the first round of attacks was aimed at giving allied forces control of the air over Afghanistan during coming operations.

78.   Russia, as an integral part of the allied force, just might provide the necessary balance.

79.   Rumsfeld repeated warnings of a new offensive by Taliban and Al Qaeda holdouts against allied forces and the interim government in Afghanistan as the weather improves.

80.   Saudi Arabia has already declared that it will not allow allied forces to stage attacks from its soil, as it did during the gulf war.