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What is a hero?Captain Scott O'Gradyhad the grace to blush when America welcomed him home from six days of scavenging in Bosnia with the kind of publicity once lavished upon Douglas MacArthur. Navy pilot John McCain, on the other hand, survived nearly six brutal years in Viet Cong captivity and once spat in the faces of startled Vietnamese dignitaries. McCain, now the senior Senator from Arizona, is one of five notable or notorious Annapolis graduates and Vietnam veterans whose interbraided destinies make up Robert Timberg's "The Nightingale's Song" (Simon & Schuster; 543 pages; $27.50), a story thatTIME...
...cannot contain racism in the silent confines of people's minds. Prejudice seeps through in dining hall and dorm room conversations. Aware of this reality, maybe I should not be so shocked at its outbreak in a movie theater. Yet, I am. This ignorant man's behavior is a brutal affront to the Cambridge community. It pains me to know that my friend's last night as a Harvard undergraduate had to involve such an event. Of course, regardless of the circumstances, racism is abominable. It is, however, particularly disturbing at such a time as graduation for debasement to sully...
...differently. I saw a guy with his own way of doing things." Martinez enjoyed Koernke's intellect, his ability to talk at length about history or classical music. He also discerned character and bravery. Once, when the two witnessed what they feared would become a brutal hazing, Martinez watched Koernke prepare to wade in on behalf of the victim: "He was going to butt-stroke somebody to protect this guy." (Instead, Martinez woke a staff member, who broke...
...Simpson double-murder trial got down to the stomach-wrenching details of the crime itself. The prosecution introduced graphic autopsy pictures of the victims, as the county coroner described in meticulous detail how the wounds and brutal knife gashes were inflicted. In a familiar and increasingly troubling development, two more jurors were replaced; only two alternates remain...
...Dole attack was in some ways even more brutal -- and potentially more dangerous. Unlike Bennett, Dole is a powerful politician, the majority leader of the Senate; at a time when Congress is considering communications legislation that could drastically affect Time Warner's cable businesses, Levin & Co. could be forgiven for taking his speech as a direct threat of legislative retribution. Warner Music officials privately worry that Washington politics could dictate the corporation's response...