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...most of this century, basic training was a deliberately harsh introduction to military life, a daily dose of screaming drill instructors dishing out vulgarity and physical intimidation to mortify--and motivate--trainees. These days drill sergeants spend more time mentoring than menacing. "We're no longer the charge-the-beach, stogie-in-the-mouth, cussing, hard-drinking, woman-chasing, World War II guy," says Senior Master Sergeant Paula Byrnes, who supervises basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. As the military's technology has grown more sophisticated, she says, the need for traditional warriors, trained...
...cocooned me, long sleeves and past my knees. Tourists asked if they could take my picture, and a few new pick-up lines floated by: "Can I squeeze your grapes?" One of my high school teachers walked by, barely surprised to see me dancing in my grapes at the beach...
...MIAMI BEACH, Fla.: Police are questioning the veracity of the Miami woman who says she saw Fernando Carreira carrying food into the houseboat where two days later he reported spotting Andrew Cunanan. The garbage doesn't match up. Lola Dudley, 57, says she was switching buses down the block on July 21 when she saw Carreira enter the houseboat carrying food. If true, the account would contradict Carreira's claim he had not been there for five days, and would indicate a possible connection with Cunanan. But police say that the only food-related garbage they found on the boat...
...MIAMI BEACH, Fla.: A Miami woman says she saw Fernando Carreira, the caretaker who alerted authorities to the whereabouts of Andrew Cunanan on July 23, carry a lunch box and a gallon of milk into the houseboat two days earlier. Lola Dudley, 57, says she was switching buses down the block on July 21 when she saw Carreira enter the houseboat carrying food. If true, the account would contradict Carreira's claim he had not been at the houseboat for five days, and would indicate a possible connection with Cunanan. Police are treating Dudley's story with care, noting that...
...combination of liberal politics and high gates is not surprising in beach communities, where the bones of American society tend to show through as property lines. In a well-off summer community, a property-owner's views on affirmative action or foreign aid have nothing to do with where he stands on such issues as three-acre zoning or who should be eligible for beach-parking permits...