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...Rushdie's tart observation about the British may hold true for Americans, too, if the furor over the latest revelations about Senator Bob Kerrey's Vietnam career is any measure. The forthcoming issue of the New York Times' Sunday magazine contains a painful confession by the decorated Navy SEAL that he was awarded a Bronze Star for leading an operation in February 1969 that has all the appearances of an atrocity against Vietnamese civilians. And the revelations, both through Kerrey's own shifting recollections and the even more damning account offered up by one of the men he commanded that...
According to Ropeik, the CSPI's questioning of the HCRA's funding and the furor over Graham's nomination relate back to the politics of a new administration getting acquainted in Washington...
...host of witnesses connected to the pardon of Rich, the fugitive financier whose clemency kicked off the furor about how Bill Clinton used his pardon power, have already either been before the grand jury in New York or have been interviewed by White's prosecutors, according to lawyers close to the case. Beth Dozoretz, a friend of Clinton and Denise Rich, testified in grand jury proceedings earlier this month and will be returning for another appearance. Jack Quinn, an attorney for Marc Rich who took the pardon plea to the President, also testified, as did another Rich lawyer, Robert Fink...
...Alex Magno, wrote: "We cannot allow that noble vision of a 'moral society' to be taken hostage by those who use the same phrase to mean denial of artistic freedom." Nonsense, says anti-pornography activist, Cecile Alvarez: "There's a huge difference between obscenity and freedom of expression." The furor peaked last Thursday when a security guard sexually molested a six-year-old girl, allegedly after seeing Live Show...
...just airlines and doctors who are responding to the growing furor over DVT. Last month Sigvaris, a Swiss hosiery company, introduced special ?anti-thrombosis hose,? which it is marketing to long-haul flyers. And Club Direct, a British travel insurer, recently altered its standard insurance policy to include a special DVT provision?the firm says it will cover legal expenses of up to $36,000 to help a passenger sue an airline in the event of DVT-related death or injury. Some people can find a potential silver lining in any cloud...