Word: drafted
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Allegation 1: that Francis Albert dodged the draft. Ridiculous. Everyone knows he was in both the Army and the Navy during World War II. You've seen him singing and dancing in a sailor suit while on shore leave. And you saw the tragic fight he waged while trying to defend Pearl Harbor against Ernest Borgnine. Some may say, "But those were just movies," but that's the point! It was Frank's obligation as a celebrity to keep morale high on the home front. That is what we ask of our stars during wartime, not to become cannon fodder...
...ever told me when [SAC] meetings wereor invited me to attend," says Kathryn R. Markham'99-'00, an associate who is helping draft thecurrent proposals for structural reform...
...outdone, Microsoft responded last month by releasing the beta (or final test draft) of its Internet Explorer 5.0. Normally, I wouldn't review beta software in this column since prerelease code can be buggy and raw. (IE 5 is supposed to be commercially released by March.) But I believe that this beta is stable enough--and interesting enough--to recommend to anyone who's comfortable around a PC. Note that comfortable means you've been a Web user for a while and don't require any Microsoft support...
...file also contains a few shockers. One of the newly released FBI memoranda from 1955 contains allegations that Sinatra, the future Ronald Reagan confidante, was a member of the Communist Party. According to another, the singer tried to bribe his way out of the draft, and claimed he was neurotic in his psychiatric evaluation...
...candidate for Rookie of the Year. Such vindication strikes a personal chord for Green, who grew up in a tough section of Harrisburg, Pa. "I saw a guy who had made some mistakes but was willing to fight it out," Green says of his decision to draft Moss. "Being an inner-city guy myself and having to fight for everything I've ever had, I felt that I understood him." Moss says he's already picked up one valuable lesson from his new boss: "Just stay humble and focus and concentrate on football." If Moss can pull that off, both...