"I would make an appeal to all the parties to be calm and to work together," said Mr Solana, "but that doesn't mean that we shall only be making appeals." Mr Holbrooke echoed his tone, saying the US would not tolerate threats being made by the Bosnian Serbs.The Bosnian Serb leadership itself appeared divided on the issue, with civilian officials in Sarajevo ignoring a ban on free movement across the front line imposed on Thursday by General Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb army chief indicted for war crimes."We have a number of liaison officers who are in the Bosnian Serb military, with whom we inevitably have contact, but in terms of the high-level strategic- type contact that we had with them, there is none," said Gen Walker, commander of Nato's Peace Implementation Force (I-For) He described it as "an ominous sign ... In London, Nato's Secretary-General, Javier Solana, said he expected the crisis to be resolved within days.Intensive contacts were in progress between Nato and Serbia, which signed the Dayton peace agreement on behalf of the Bosnian Serbs. Let's go.''He took me home and gave me a bowl of hot soup.John Carlin. EMMA DALY Sarajevo MICHAEL SHERIDANDiplomatic EditorThe ground commander of Nato's peace-keepers in Bosnia, Lieutenant-General Sir Michael Walker, said yesterday that the alliance had lost high-level contact with the Bosnian Serb army, which has cut off ties with Nato until it wins the release of two senior officers held by the Bosnian government on suspicion of having committed war crimes.International efforts to avert the worst threat to the Dayton peace accord gathered pace yesterday, with Richard Holbrooke, the US Assistant Secretary of State who was the main architect of the agreement, saying in Budapest that he would travel to Sarajevo, Belgrade and Zagreb to deal with "serious challenges" to the pact. Instead of frying an egg on the sidewalk on a hot day, we decided to see how long it would take to freeze an egg Twenty-seven minutes and 33 seconds.''Lonnie called out. ``Had enough, John?'' ``Oh, I don't know, we could try a little longer ...'' I replied Insanely.
It's hard to be a man sometimes, hard to be trapped inside the ludicrous macho psychology Lonnie, big- hearted, understood that ``Come on, John We've been here long enough. I took out of my coat pocket a clipping I'd cut out of the Des Moines Register that morning ``Yes, it was plenty cold,'' the story read ``Cold enough to flip newspaper tradition on its head. I feared I would never again unleash the full potential of my feet You could have snapped them off at the ankles To cry would have been dangerous, so I tried comic relief. Buy such-and-such a herbicide, a voice cried, and ``Unleash the full potential of your beans!''Three-quarters of an hour had passed.
More interesting were the commercials for herbicide, a rather more relevant issue than a presidential election for this food-basket of America. In paid commercials, they were accusing each other of being liars. Bob Dole was bashing Steve Forbes, his millionaire rival for the Republican presidential nomination, and Mr Forbes was bashing Mr Dole. I sought solace in the prospect of a heroic catch, but I knew that in this weather the fish would have no appetite for frozen food.Lonnie, who was fishing into a hole of his own outside, turned on the radio.
After 15 minutes I became convinced my big toe would have to be amputated. Included with the weather forecast was a warning from ``a nurse'' that in case of frostbite - ``the skin turns red first, then white, then purple'' - don't, whatever you do, apply hot water to the affected areas.Lonnie having failed to furnish me with a kettle, this was a temptation that did not arise. I dropped the line into the hole, Lonnie passed me a battery-operated heater and pulled the flap down. He said we should give it an hour and then leave because dusk would start falling and it would get really cold.After two minutes my feet started to freeze.
