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...confined to the correctional custody unit (CCU), where they are subjected to "retraining"-a program of drills and indoctrination designed to reinstill the lessons of boot camp or, as one veteran puts it, "to make you feel stupid and look stupider." Further instruction may be given in the brig-a solitary cell where the diet is sometimes bread and water...
...limits with a WAVE in her barracks. Early last month while shipmates enjoyed liberty in Hong Kong, he was confined to the CCU for falling asleep while on duty. But Trerice was not responding to treatment. After two unauthorized absences from the ship, he was placed in the brig. On April 14, Trerice refused to complete an exercise session for CCU inmates. According to some accounts, he asked to report to sick bay, but was instead commanded to lie face down on the sun-baked flight deck. There is disagreement about how long he remained there: 25 minutes, says...
...ruggedly handsome actor whose portrayals of cool, self-assured loners made him a leading Hollywood star of the '60s and '70s; of a heart attack after undergoing surgery for removal of a cancerous tumor; in Juarez, Mexico. A graduate of a reform school and a Marine brig, McQueen was typecast for his tough roles, whether leading a prison escape (Papillon), masterminding a daring caper (The Thomas Crown Affair) or driving through a breakneck chase (Bullitt). His screen persona exemplified grace under pressure; he raised his fists but never his voice. He revealed last month that he was suffering...
...Manhattan they go by names like the Eagle's Nest, the Spike, the Mine Shaft and the Anvil. In San Francisco they are called the Brig and the Ambush. They are all homosexual "leather" bars that cater to macho style and sadomasochistic taste. Along with some bathhouses, sex-gadget shops, magazines and private clubs, they make an increasingly visible subculture in the gay world. That leather fringe is now also visible on movie screens, as the backdrop for a film that has been denounced and picketed by homosexuals: William Friedkin's Cruising, the story of a gay murderer...
...Florida 462 Texas 642 Indiana 752.5 Harvard 506 NC State 496 Utah 499 Team UCLA 390 Auburn 459 SMU 549 Michigan 602 Princeton 400 UNC 408 Wyoming 428 ASU 318 Tennessee 325 Arkansas 244 Iowa 488 Yale 191 Clemson 305 Brig Young 284 Scores USC 271 Alabama 307 Houston 163 Minnesota 349 Dartmouth 156 Virginia 234 Hawaii 191 Arizona 236 Georgia 131 Tex A&M 119 Ohio State 278.5 Army 141 Duke 181 Colo St. 178 Stanford 158 LSU 112 Tex Tech 87 Wisconsin 231 LaSalle 109 Maryland 169 New Mex 168 Wash 65 Kentucky 60 TCU 59 Purdue...