June 4, 1995

A group of TriBeCa residents, led by Community Board 1, plan to keep fighting plans for a high-rise hotel in the neighborhood. The 19-story, 340-room Hudson Center Hotel, which would be partly in the TriBeCa North Historic District, was approved by the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission last fall after being rejected by the Community Board, which objected to the project's height and use.

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Moving to quell a firestorm of Congressional and public criticism, President Clinton today sharply scaled back his definition of the circumstances in which American ground troops could be used to aid United Nations peacekeepers in Bosnia and said the prospect was "remote, indeed highly unlikely." Just three days after saying the United States should be prepared to help in a "reconfiguration and a strengthening" of United Nations forces, Mr. Clinton used his weekly radio address today to refine that idea. He said American troops would be used only if the NATO allies "become stranded and could not get out of a particular place in Bosnia," in which case the United States would help with "an emergency extraction."

The Yankees' owner, George Steinbrenner, didn't mince words yesterday: "There's nothing I enjoy about last place. It's like kissing your sister." At this rate, the Yankees might be kissing all their post-season hopes goodbye. Their stunning tailspin continued yesterday with a 4-2 loss to the California Angels before 17,768 at muggy Yankee Stadium. It was the Yankees' fifth straight loss and 10th defeat in 11 games, and there is no sign things will get any better before they get worse.

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