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...Mexico, public officials who quit their jobs but value their futures tend to keep the reasons for leaving to themselves. Not Mario Ruiz Massieu. He held a press conference, for which he took out newspaper advertisements offering public invitations. He arrived surrounded by a cordon of rifle-toting federal police and bodyguards. He distributed 3,000 copies, printed in color, of his resignation speech. And after announcing his departure both from his job as Mexico's assistant attorney general and from the political party to which he has belonged for 23 years, Ruiz Massieu slammed the door behind him with...
...Tailhook scandal, also restricted the three to the campus for 90 days, gave them demerits and had them march for a total of 80 hours. West Point hasn't disclosed the athletes' names. The Oct. 20 incident occurred during a "spirit run," in which female cadets ran through a cordon of about 200 football players.Post your opinion on theThe Sexesbulletin board. ELECTION ROUNDUP
...military's manhood may be brewing.The U.S. Military Academy at West Pointis investigating five football players who allegedly groped 15 female cadets during a pep rally on October 20. The women told investigators they were brushed across the breasts as they and other cadets ran past a cordon of West Point players during a football rally turned "spirit run." West Point officials were quick to note differences between this incident and Tailhook. "This is not another Tailhook. This is vastly different. These were students meeting to have a spirit-enhancing event. There was no alcohol involved. It was not repetitive...
...ceremonial return was visibly orchestrated by his muscular allies. When he arrived a few minutes before noon, it was aboard a U.S. Air Force jet. For his safety, he was allowed only the most subdued reception by a privileged phalanx of dignitaries at the airport, protected by a cordon of American soldiers...
...requests, the Israeli government has in the light of this crisis permitted, and the United States agreed to, a renewed American presence in the peace negotiations. Hopefully, this will ensure that a bold and lasting and fair peace will hold in the Middle East, replacing the Knesset's unjust cordon sanitaire. But given the antinomian circumstance that Israel has established as the backdrop for these talks, it is a small wonder that Palestinians will look to Washington with something less that hope. If confidence is to be restored, the Jewish settlers on the West Bank must be held...