71.   At the same time, there were growing indications Yugoslavia is making preparations for a possible allied ground attack.

72.   Congress remains divided over the NATO action and for the advisability of a ground attack.

73.   Eielson Air Force Base spokeswoman Maj. Valerie Trefts said the plane was running a mission simulating a ground attack when it disappeared from radar.

74.   Firefighters were limited in their ground attack because of the rugged terrain and plumes of thick smoke that hampered aircraft being used to fight the blaze.

75.   He said U.S. jets softened up Taliban positions prior to the ground attack.

76.   Helicopter gunships supported ground attacks by rocketing rebel positions in the northwestern Staropromyslovsky district.

77.   His latest remarks suggested instead that Germany would sit out a ground attack.

78.   However Rabin and his Cabinet ministers suggested there would be no dramatic change in policy, such as a large-scale ground attack.

79.   However, the ministers stopped short of ordering an extensive ground attack against the guerillas.

80.   Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Albanians have fled Kosovo since NATO started bombing and Yugoslav forces escalated their ground attacks in late March.