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...editor of the National Enquirer, publicly vowed not to buy any photos taken at the scene, while claiming that his tabloid had instituted a policy a year ago of not using so-called stalkerazzi pictures. (The Enquirer issue on the newsstands when Diana was killed, however, featured several candid shots of the princess with Fayed, trumpeted by the cover line DI GOES SEX-MAD. The issue was pulled by a number of newsstands after her death.) Dan Schwartz, editorial director of the more freewheeling Globe, also promised to toughen standards. "We're going to become more conservative about our assessment...
...like a Chief Executive who throws caution to the winds and surprises his staff members by being more candid than they are, Travolta isn't the least bit cagey about his role's model. The actor has copied the President's hair color, body language and a remarkably accurate honey-dipped Arkansas accent. "I'm really playing him," admits the actor, who studied hours of videotapes to prep for his latest face/off. "It's false p.r. for me to do it any other way...unless there are some legal issues I don't know about...
...traditions. Young people want realism instead of nationalist ideology in their movies and music, and surveys show they prize honesty, competence and practicality over old-fashioned lockstep thinking and knee-jerk anti-Americanism. With AIDS the third leading killer of Mexicans under age 35, they are demanding a more candid discussion in the traditionally prim media of issues like sexuality. The demands have helped spawn a renaissance in Mexican television, cinema and journalism...
...Force General Joseph Ralston sought to become the nation's No. 2 military officer last year, he pledged to the Senate to be "very candid and forthright" while harnessing "traditional values" to help curb sexual misconduct in the military. But last week Defense Secretary William Cohen released Ralston from that vow, declaring that Ralston's secret, adulterous relationship 13 years ago wouldn't "automatically disqualify" him from becoming the nation's No. 1 military officer this fall...
...does not expect to be acquitted. In detention he is tough and macho, making statements to the sheriff's deputies that come very close to self-incrimination, according to internal case memos. Prosecutors, in fact, are considering calling some of the deputies to testify. Kavinoky says Markhasev is "very candid, very straightforward." His world view, though, has been practically Dostoevskian ever since he turned 15 and learned a secret about his father that the family won't discuss. The hard-working student with good grades was transformed overnight. Now, says Kavinoky, "he sees that the weight of the world...