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...well-heeled sailing out of London. But for the men and women who choose to sail the QE2, it just wouldn't be the same without that touch of class. "Some people may grumble a bit about dressing for dinner," says Reg, 68, a retired engineer from Aberdeen, Scotland, "but there's a sort of 'olde-worlde' feeling about it that's all too rare these days." It is a feeling that appeals to a certain age and type. "They call themselves snowbirds," says Thomas Quinones, the ship's onboard public-affairs director. "They sail around the world, keeping ahead...
Kennedy's charge is the latest in a string of sexual-harassment episodes that have plagued the Army. In 1996 male drill sergeants at the Army's training base at Aberdeen, Md., were charged and later convicted of sexually assaulting female recruits. A year later the Army's top enlisted man, Sergeant Major Gene McKinney, was charged with--but later acquitted of--sexual assault. In the past year the service has punished two generals for adultery...
...consumers; as soon as Amazon, for instance, put millions of discount books within buying reach of anyone with a modem and a credit card, ordinary bookstores had to change or die. "E-markets have had a very significant impact," says Tim Minahan, an e-commerce analyst for the Aberdeen Group. "And you're going to see that on the business side as well...
DIED. CAL RIPKEN SR., 63, sharp-tongued veteran baseball manager and the only coach to have managed two of his sons, Cal Jr. and Billy, on the same team; of lung cancer; in Aberdeen, Md. Ripken spent 36 years with the Baltimore Orioles in both the minor and major leagues. "There are two things I always say you have to do in baseball," he said. "Adjust and readjust...
...Jersey man has been arrested and charged with creating the Melissa e-mail virus, according to the office of the New Jersey State Attorney General. Associated Press is reporting that David L. Smith, 30, of Aberdeen, was arrested Thursday night at his brother's house in nearby Eatontown, according to Rita Malley, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Peter Verniero. The AP report also quotes Malley describing Smith as a "computer guy" who "originated [Melissa] at his apartment in Aberdeen, New Jersey." Smith is being held at the Monmouth County Jail. Technicians from America Online were apparently involved in the state...