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Though some of his fellow soldiers say he single-handedly saved his battalion by killing 600 Japanese soldiers during a 21-hour siege on New Guinea in 1942, Sergeant David Rubitsky was never awarded the Medal of Honor. Jewish groups and veterans' organizations claim that anti-Semitism was the reason. Last week, after a two-year inquiry, an Army review board ruled that Rubitsky was not entitled to the medal. Lieut. Colonel Terrence Adkins, who led the inquiry, said Rubitsky's exploits "did not occur as alleged." An investigator described as "fraudulent" a photo with Japanese inscriptions declaring that...
Perhaps its most remarkable attainment is that the premise and structure, which sound inordinately egghead when described, are easy to grasp in performance. The action begins with the detective (James Naughton), a rumpled knight of the tenderloin who lives by a code of honor in a world of thugs and well-heeled thieves. Moments later the story shifts to the office (coyly labeled a "cell") where his creator labors as a hireling of a movie tycoon more crass, smug and fascinatingly awful than any envisioned by Nathanael West. As the tycoon (Rene Auberjonois) lays down the law (no social criticism...
...many people would be strong enough to just say no? To reject immediate wealth and accept a relentless shadow of violent death? Yet the major did say no, and turned over the data to his superiors. His bravery is only one unsung ballad of honor in Colombia's crusade against its cocaine cowboys. It is also the exception, not the rule...
Goal of the Week: Not taking dramatics into account (Mike Vukonich's last-second goal would take the honor, hands down), this week's award goes to Tim Burke for his "I-can't-believe-that-was-a-goal" goal in the second period...
While many of the new members said they were pleased by the honor, several said that a Phi Beta Kappa induction was nothing to get too excited about...