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Aggrieved as they are by the humiliations inflicted on their armed forces in Chechnya, Russia's military men are wary of speaking out. But one well-placed army officer, who fears his career would be ruined if his name were disclosed, has set down his views in a remarkably candid manuscript obtained by TIME. He describes a mood of truculent, often anti-American patriotism among his fellow soldiers...
Using sexually explicit material is tricky. What may scem refreshingly candid at first, runs the risk of becoming self-indulgent...
Talking about his professional prospects, he paints an equally candid, if rather dim, picture of what a 5-foot-10, 165-pounder can hope to accomplish with ninth-round draft status (like Israel, his rights are held by the Flyers) and a Beanpot ring as credentials. Even after his superlative freshman season. Tracy was drafted two rounds below Israel, scouts always preferring the upright model to the unorthodox...
...which will be mailed to 1 million homes as a way of suggesting that, unlike her opponent, Brown "has a plan." Eric Schockman, an elections expert at the University of Southern California, is enthused. "Since Labor Day, I've seen a different Kathleen Brown," he says. "She's more candid." In fact, in a debate with Wilson last Friday night, Brown emphasized her tough attitude on crime by disclosing that years ago one of her daughters had been raped and her son had been mugged...
...Justice Department announced it was beginning a preliminary inquiry into how much money Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros paid to a former mistress and whether he had been fully candid about the payments in pre-nomination statements to the FBI. The move could lead to the appointment of an independent counsel. Cisneros said that under the strict standards of federal ethics law, the Justice Department had no other choice than to open a probe, but he reiterated his contention that the investigation would uncover no wrongdoing...