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...Buttons, 87, impish comedian who emerged from burlesque and Borscht Belt clubs to forge a successful acting career, with roles in more than 30 films including Sayonara, Pete's Dragon and The Poseidon Adventure; in Los Angeles. Born Aaron Chwatt, he was nicknamed for his red hair and the brass buttons on his uniform at an early gig and became an overnight hit in 1952 with his own CBS variety show. He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his 1956 portrayal of a U.S. airman in a doomed romance with a Japanese woman in Sayonara, starring Marlon Brando...
...doctors and nurses who bear witness play starring roles in a documentary that offers close-ups of medical heroes at work and play. Not surprisingly, a few voice despair over the extent and relentlessness of the carnage. But their words reflect compassion more than partisanship, something the Washington brass could embrace as a sign of commitment to save every life. The film quotes a soldier saying he and his buddies are comforted to know "there's still a chance we'll survive" a hit. The film is refreshingly nonpolitical: no nation-building hype, nor rants about fighting a war under...
...Brass-Hat Rebellion Your story on the growing number of retired generals calling for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to resign [April 24] showed that our military's patriotism, diligence and other commendable character traits are of little value to the nation when our civilian leaders have poor judgment. Lawrence H. Gordon Honolulu...
...than 30 years and I have never been told to keep my membership secret. Members of Opus Dei, however, don't like our efforts to live a spirit of penance to be vaunted about. That should be a private matter between the soul and God. Marciano Escutia Madrid The Brass-Hat Rebellion Your story on the growing number of retired generals calling for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to resign [April 24] showed that our military's patriotism, diligence and other commendable character traits are of little value to the nation when our civilian leaders have poor judgment. Despite...
...idea of them." In the days when the only unholstered guns I'd seen were in the movies, I might have said the same. Guns for me equaled danger and crime. Even after I started shooting, I had a lingering sense that the rifle or pistol, even the brass rounds I was pressing into its magazine, might explode at any moment. I still handle guns with caution-the first rule of firearms safety is to treat every gun as if it's loaded. But I now know that to call them evil, as Australian Prime Minister John Howard recently...