A prep course for the month-long World Cup soccer tournament, a worldwide pheno

of the setting , one wave looks pretty much like another , and Brown isn't enoug

h of a filmmaker to break the monotony . But you have to love these kids . No ma

tter what happens , they 're stoked . ` The Endless Summer II ' is rated PG , de

spite the bare bosoms in France . '

 JERUSALEM Israel sent reinforcements to the Lebanese border Friday in the wake 

of its raid on a Hezbollah training camp , as leaders of the Muslim group vowed 

revenge and thousands of Lebanese fled northward to avoid further hostilities . 

Hezbollah fighters rained Katyusha rockets into Israel late Thursday night in re

taliation for the attack earlier in the day , but there were no casualties . Tho

usands of Israelis were ordered to sleep in bomb shelters , and northern Israeli

 resorts reported a wave of cancellations as tourists fled . In Lebanon , shops 

, banks and schools were closed for a day of national mourning as the victims we

re buried . Hezbollah said 26 fighters were killed when Israeli helicopter gunsh

ips and warplanes attacked the training camp in Lebanon 's Bekaa Valley , close 

to the border with Syria . Others said the death toll could be as high as 45 . S

heik Hassan Nasrallah , Hezbollah 's general secretary , delivered a defiant add

ress to more than 15,000 who marched in Beirut 's southern suburbs to mourn the 

victims of the attack . Nasrallah declared that Hezbollah would avenge the death

s with suicide bombers . `` Yesterday we had tens of suicide attackers . Today w

e have not hundreds , we have thousands , '' Nasrallah said , according to the R

euter news agency . The crowd shouted , `` Zionists wait , wait , Hezbollah are 

coming . '' The pre-dawn raid on the training camp was the deadliest single atta

ck ever launched by Israel on Hezbollah , although last summer 's week-long Isra

eli artillery bombardment of southern Lebanon killed 149 people , many of them c

ivilians . The raid was the second recent Israeli incursion into southern Lebano

n . Twelve days earlier , Israeli commandos kidnapped a Muslim guerrilla leader 

, Mustafa Dirani , from his house and flew him back to Israel . Both operations 

have heightened tensions between Israel and Hezbollah . According to witnesses ,

 Israel sent heavy artillery to its northern border , as it often does in prepar

ation for hostilities . Long convoys of armor and troops were seen heading towar

d Lebanon . `` I hope Hezbollah and others understand that an attack on northern

 Israel will open them up for strong attacks by us , '' said Yitzhak Mordechai ,

 commander of Israeli forces in the north . Security sources in southern Lebanon

 said civilians were fleeing villages and heading for Beirut to avoid further vi

olence . Last year 's operation sent nearly a half-million Lebanese fleeing nort

hward . Israel and its client militia , the South Lebanese Army , exchanged fire

 throughout the night Thursday with Hezbollah fighters in the buffer zone contro

lled by Israel . Israeli analysts offered differing explanations for the timing 

of the raid , which was approved by the cabinet on Wednesday . Military and inte

lligence officials said the training camp became a `` hot '' target because the 

fighters were there . `` We are carrying out the simple rule of rising up to kil

l the one who seeks to kill you , '' said the Israeli military chief of staff , 

Lt. Gen. Ehud Barak . But others suggested that Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was

 taking advantage of an impasse in peace talks with Syria to strike at Hezbollah

 . This week , Rabin complained that the U.S.-mediated effort was `` exhausted .

 '' Syria is the main power broker in the region where Hezbollah operates .

 South Carolina Gov. Carroll Campbell , a Republican who has been actively testi

ng the waters for a possible 1996 presidential campaign , abruptly announced Fri

day that he would forego the race to become president of the American Council of

 Life Insurance when his term expires next January . Campbell , the current chai

rman of the National Governors ' Association , was seen in Republican circles as

 a longshot for the Republican nomination but a potential vice presidential cand

idate in 1996 . But his press secretary Tucker Eskew said that after weighing th

e odds and the offer from the life insurance council , `` He came to the conclus

ion that he didn't want to run around the country for two years for the possibil

ity of a vice presidential nod . '' Campbell made the decision to enter the priv

ate sector a week ago after consulting with his family , who reportedly were not

 enthusiastic about a grueling presidential campaign in 1996 . Although friends 

said they believed Campbell personally wanted to run for president , Eskew said 

, `` He came to the conclusion that it was about a 15 percent chance ( of winnin

g the nomination ) and a 30 to 35 percent chance for the vice presidency . '' Gi

ven those long odds , Campbell opted for the private sector and the opportunity 

to build some financial security for himself and his family . Campbell was on hi

s way to Kentucky to speak to a Republican Party event Friday when the announcem

ent was made , an indication of the intensity with which he had begun to explore

 a presidential campaign . He has made several trips to Iowa and New Hampshire ,

 and was well received at party events in the South and elsewhere . Campbell saw

 himself as a conservative , southern alternative to President Clinton , but con

cluded other Republicans had larger electoral bases and greater financial resour

ces to launch a presidential campaign . The conservative Campbell is finishing h

is second term as governor and cannot run for a third . During his tenure he has

 reshaped the Republican Party in his state and has been a leader among governor

s on educational reform . He served four terms in the House before running for g

overnor . Campbell was a political soulmate of the late GOP strategist Lee Atwat

er , a fellow South Carolinian . In 1988 , he was one of George Bush 's stronges

t supporters and , with Atwater , helped to engineer the beginning of a southern

 sweep for Bush that locked up the Republican nomination . On health care , Camp

bell has been a vocal and often partisan voice , wearing his two hats as NGA cha

irman and Republican partisan . He has called for modest reforms to assure healt

h insurance for more Americans , but has vehemently attacked Clinton 's proposal

 as a big-government intrusion that would hurt the economy . He will succeed for

mer Republican senator Richard Schweiker at the American Council of Life Insuran

ce .

 MOSCOW When Soviet athletes and artists visited South Korea for the 1988 Olympi

cs after decades of hot and cold war , many envisioned a Moscow-Seoul friendship

 that would blossom into love , enriching both nations and sparking jealousy in 

the rival capitals of Beijing and Tokyo . This week , with South Korean Presiden

t Kim Young Sam in town for his first official Moscow summit , it is clear that 

the rosy expectations have not been fulfilled . Relations are correct but not wa

rm , and if anyone has turned into a wallflower , it is Russia , not China or Ja

pan . `` Seoul is having all the fun , '' the chief editor of Izvestia , Igor Go

lembiovsky , wrote this week with Sergei Agafonov . `` Moscow is reduced to the 

unenviable role of a passive extra , engrossed in its internal problems . '' Und

oubtedly , the establishment of relations between the Soviet Union and South Kor

ea in 1990 helped stabilize regional politics . For Seoul , recognition from Mos

cow after an 86-year hiatus carried special benefits , isolating rival North Kor

ea , easing Seoul 's opening to China and legitimizing South Korea 's claim to w

orld recognition . Russia also has handed over documents and the black box from 

the Korean Air Lines airliner shot down by the Soviets in 1983 . This week , Pre

sident Boris Yeltsin gave Kim documents the Russians said will prove that North 

Korea started the Korean War of 1950-53 , as Seoul always has contended . But in

 1988 , and again in 1990 when Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev first met Sout

h Korean President Roh Tae Woo in San Francisco , the expectations especially in

 Moscow were considerably higher . South Korea , with its dynamic economy and ra

pidly advancing technology , would provide Russia an entry into Asia while jump-

starting the economy of Russia 's Far East . Japan 's long-standing territorial 

dispute with the Soviet Union meant it would not soon agree to increased economi

c ties , the theory went . But Seoul would be eager to step into Japan 's place 

, buying Russia 's raw materials and investing and upgrading Soviet technology .

 As a first step , the South Koreans promised $ 3 billion in loans . But as of J

une 1993 , South Korea had invested a mere $ 26 million in Russian projects . It

s investment in China , by comparison , has grown from $ 6 million in 1987 to $ 

598 million last year , according to South Korean official statistics . Even the

 far smaller economies of the former Soviet republics of Central Asia have attra

cted more Korean investment than Russia has . Before the Soviet Union collapsed 

, Seoul did lend Moscow about $ 1.5 billion , much of it tied to the purchase of

 Korean goods . But Russia has not repaid that money , giving Seoul a welcome ex

cuse not to lend any more . `` No major joint projects , conceived and lauded at

 a top level , were completed or even launched , '' Izvestia noted . South Korea

n officials said this week that their companies have stayed away for familiar re

asons : instability , corruption and lack of clear legal protection for foreign 

investment in Russia . `` It 's not only Korean investment , but also investment

 in general , '' said South Korea 's foreign minister , Han Sung Joo . `` Indivi

dual decisions are made by individual firms on the basis of profitability and fu

ture prospects and so far , there was a clear tendency , in many cases , for inv

estments in China or Southeast Asia . '' Trade between the two countries has ris

en , from a total turnover of $ 889 million in 1990 to $ 1.6 billion last year ,

 with the balance shifting to Russia 's favor . South Korea imported mostly fish

 and raw materials , while selling machinery , electronic goods and vehicles . T

he opening of relations also has spurred an active trade by Russians who travel 

back and forth , carrying huge bags of clothes and other goods to sell in open m

arkets . And South Korean firms have taken advantage of Russian economic trouble

s to hire a large number of scientists to work in computer , aerospace and other

 high-tech industries . But bilateral trade still makes up only 1 percent of Sou

th Korea 's overall trade volume . Russian Trade Minister Oleg Davydov recently 

complained that South Korea not only refuses to provide credits but also will no

t provide state insurance for trade or investment here , thus crimping chances f

or rapid growth . In a brief interview this week , South Korean Trade Minister P

ark Chol Su said he is confident Seoul 's investment here will grow . He said So

uth Korea is particularly interested in developing and importing natural gas fro

m Sakhalin Island and from the vast Siberian territory of Yakutia . `` It 's obv

iously a country with a great potential , although they are currently in economi

c difficulties , '' Park said . `` The investment climate here is improving . ''

 In a Kremlin news conference Thursday , both presidents hailed the prospects fo

r their countries ' future relations . But the only concrete accomplishment they

 announced was a program of youth exchanges , and Yeltsin hinted at Russia 's di

sappointment with the accomplishments thus far . `` We have repeatedly stressed 

that we are interested in full-scale economic relations , '' the Russian preside

nt said . `` We would like to see a growth of investments by South Korean firms 

in our economy , especially in the Far East . ''

 WASHINGTON No , that 's not a pistol in Woody Harrelson 's pocket , it 's his r

aison d' etre . Leastways , it sure seems that way after you get a load of the s

howboating buckaroo in `` The Cowboy Way . '' A really crummy rip-off of `` Croc

odile ' Dundee , '' this rode-hard horse opry is supposed to be a buddy comedy ,

 but as far as Harrelson is concerned , co-star Kiefer Sutherland is just scener

y for his strut fest . Uninventively directed by Gregg Champion from Bill `` Lon

esome Dove '' Wittliff 's screenplay , the movie follows Pepper ( Harrelson ) an

d his disgruntled rodeo partner , Sonny ( Sutherland ) , from their New Mexico s

tomping ground to Manhattan . After the pair bust a couple of broncos , they hea

d east to find Nacho ( Joaquin Martinez ) , a friend who disappeared while searc

hing for his daughter ( Cara Buono ) . The girl , a Cuban immigrant smuggled int

o New York to work for a sweatshop , is now in the hands of the ring 's evil lea

der ( Dylan McDermott ) , who decides to keep her for his own amusement a plot l

eft over from the Lillian Gish era . Unlike Dundee , McCloud or even the Muppets

 , the cowboys act more like rube conventioneers than fish out of water . They o

rder an expensive dinner at a posh hotel , where Pepper beguiles the ladies with

 tongue tricks , and later they visit Central Park , where they meet a mounted p

olice officer ( Ernie Hudson ) and his pretty horse . When they do get down to b

usiness , they don't employ their rodeo skills , they just speed around town in 

their pickup truck . Sonny , who is captured by the bad guys , remains on ice wh

ile Pepper goes to a glitzy party , does a striptease and becomes an underpants 

model for Calvin Klein . Harrelson rustles up a guffaw or two with this bump and

 grind . This is , however , something of a comedown after an earlier nude scene

 in which he manages to hang a 10-gallon hat on his raison d' etre . Harrelson i

s perhaps overcompensating because the role was originally intended for Kevin Co

stner , who no longer takes it off to get attention . Then again , maybe he was 

just trying to distract the audience from his face . Swear to God , the man look

s like a talking onion . And old Mr . Onion Head hasn't got the stuff to disguis

e a plot with more holes than Miss Kitty 's fishnet stockings . The film finally

 attempts to live up to its premise as the partners commandeer horses from the m

ounted cop and charge after the bad guy , who 's aboard a crosstown subway . The

y may be bumpkins , but they never have to stop and ask directions because that 

's not the cowboy way . ` The Cowboy Way , ' is rated PG-13 for profanity , viol

ence and sexual innuendo .

 Thomas B . Edsall , a Washington Post reporter , has won the Carey McWilliams A

ward for political coverage . The $ 500 award , bestowed by the American Politic

al Science Association , is made annually `` to honor a major journalistic contr

ibution to our understanding of politics , '' the group said . Edsall has writte

n extensively on the intersection of race and politics , the changing demographi

cs of the Democratic and Republican political parties and the new crop of GOP bi

g-city mayors . Edsall , 52 , joined The Post in 1981 from the Baltimore Sun . H

e is the author of three books about politics , most recently `` Chain Reaction 

: The Impact of Race , Rights and Taxes on American Politics , '' written with h

is wife , Mary D. Edsall . The award committee consisted of Kathleen Hall Jamies

on , dean of the University of Pennsylvania 's Annenberg School of Communication

s ; Stephen Hess of the Brookings Institution and Kathleen Frankovic of CBS News

 .

 NETTUNO , Italy He came on a mission of remembrance , a young man paying homage

 to the sacrifice of so many young men who died to make a world free . President

 Clinton arrived at the beautiful , mournful Sicily-Rome American cemetery here 

on a muggy , cloud-dappled day to give thanks to the thousands of GIs who surviv

ed the bloody campaign to liberate Italy and to the 7,862 dead who are buried he

re . To the crash of cannon and the haunting strains of Chopin 's `` Funeral Mar

ch , '' a somber Clinton saluted the more than 1,000 military veterans and guest

s at the Nettuno memorial service . `` You cannot leave memory to chance , '' he

 said . `` We are the sons and daughters of the world they saved . '' Friday 's 

ceremony was the first of three major commemorative events to mark the 50th anni

versary of the beginning of the end of the bloodiest conflagration in history . 

At Nettuno , 40 miles south of Rome , Clinton honored the men who struggled thei

r way from Sicily northward , up the mountainous spine of the Italian peninsula 

through a winter of ice and mud , hardship and death . The caps of the aging vet

erans spelled out the names of the units that shed their blood so that the peopl

e of Italy might be free of the blight of fascism and German occupation : the 36

th Infantry Division , the 45th , the Tenth Mountain , the 14th , the 85th . The

ir name tags bore the names of places of horror that will live in history , Sale

rno , Anzio , Monte Cassino . The Nettuno cemetery lies just inland from Anzio ,

 the port where Allied troops landed in January 1944 to stiff German resistance 

. They were pinned down under intense artillery and air bombardment until late M

ay , when they broke out , linked up with other troops who finally pushed throug

h the fortified German Gustav line and marched into Rome 50 years ago Saturday .

 Clinton noted that his father , William Jefferson Blythe , served in Italy and 

recalled a story told to him about his father , who died in 1946 three months be

fore Clinton 's birth . `` Back home , his niece had heard about the beautiful I

talian countryside and wrote him asking for a single leaf from one of the glorio

us trees here to take to school , '' Clinton said . `` My father had only sad ne

ws to send back there were no leaves ; every one had been stripped by the fury o

f the battle . '' The leaves have now returned , and the Nettuno cemetery is a l

ush memorial garden of evergreen holly oak and cypress trees . Row on row of per

fectly aligned white marble crosses mark the graves . Before Friday 's ceremony 

, Italian school children placed Italian and American flags and a single red or 

yellow carnation upon each grave . `` We stand today in fields forever scarred b

y sacrifice , '' Clinton said , in one of his most eloquent and brief speeches a

s president . `` But amid the horror of the guns , something rare was born a dri

ving spirit of common cause . '' ( Begin optional trim ) In a gesture of concili

ation , Clinton honored his chief nemesis on Capitol Hill , Senate Minority Lead

er Robert Dole , who as a 21-year-old platoon leader with the Tenth Mountain Div

ision was gravely wounded in Italy . Dole was joined at the Nettuno ceremony by 

three other Senate veterans of the Italian campaign : Daniel Inouye of Hawaii , 

who lost an arm to his war wounds in 1945 ; Ernest `` Fritz '' Hollings of South

 Carolina ; and Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island . `` We honor what they did for u

s here , '' Clinton said . He called them `` each a young American who came of a

ge here ; each an American patriot who went home to build up our nation . '' ( E

nd optional trim ) Clinton and Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro laid a wre

ath at the steps of the American-built memorial , near the base of a statue depi

cting an American soldier and sailor linked as brothers in arms . `` Why war ? '

' Scalfaro asked in his remarks . `` Why destruction and death ? And the answer 

is only one : because violence and thirst for power prevailed over reason ; beca

use the natural and inviolable rights of the human person were transgressed by d

ictators , with the idea of hegemony of a ` superior race ' that kills human bro

therhood and generates extermination and genocide . '' ( Optional add end ) He s

aid that Italian history its embrace of fascism and its alliance with Nazi Germa

ny cannot be rewritten . But he but vowed that Italy would remain committed to a

 democratic course and alliance with the free peoples of Europe and America . As

 the ceremony concluded , three waves of jet fighters roared overhead in the mis

sing-man formation . The third group wreathed the cemetery in smoke in red , gre

en and white , the Italian national colors . Afterward , Clinton hosted a recept

ion at the cemetery for several hundred veterans of the Italian campaign . Later

 in the day , Clinton spoke to embassy employees and toured ancient Roman ruins 

. The evening was spent at a formal dinner given by Scalfaro at the Quirinale Pa

lace . It was closed to the news media .

 WASHINGTON In a significant policy shift , the White House has concluded it wil

l be unable to reduce America 's growing trade deficit with Japan during Preside

nt Clinton 's first term in office , and no longer considers it a key political 

objective , the administration 's chief trade negotiator said Friday . Instead o

f aiming for a specific reduction in the U.S.-Japan trade deficit , currently ab

out $ 60 billion a year , the administration will emphasize Clinton 's efforts t

o increase exports in key industries , said U.S. . Trade Representative Mickey K

antor . In an interview with Los Angeles Times reporters , Kantor sought to down

play the notion that the administration has backed away from its previous attemp

ts to get tough with Japan on trade . He noted that talks are continuing on deve

loping a new framework for trade relations between the two nations in a number o

f key industrial sectors . Still , it appears the administration has effectively

 backed away from the notion of attempting to set specific targets for reducing 

the overall U.S.-Japan trade deficit , which has become a political lightning ro

d for frustrations about America 's global competitiveness . The absolute size o

f the U.S.-Japan deficit `` is less important .. . than the content of the defic