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...Such meager representation among the topmost brass is just one sign of the steady decline of influence among America's military academies. They have come under siege by critics who believe they cost too much and should be radically changed. The U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, which is struggling to recover from a major cheating scandal, will host a discussion this month aptly titled "Service Academies: Leadership Crucibles or Magnificent Anachronisms?" All the academies are suffering from declining enrollment and struggling to develop a curriculum suitable to the post-cold war era. By doing so, however, they risk losing...
...Bosnia and drugs, sweet words mask meager policies...
...newfound fatalism. "If we pull our artillery out," said Goran Bogic, "the Muslims will overrun us in 10 minutes." In Sarajevo, Serb forces not only held to a cease-fire but also started placing some heavy weapons under U.N. control -- though U.N. troops were not even certain the meager haul of cannon had ever been emplaced around Sarajevo...
...rare stillness suffused Saturday morning in Sarajevo. With the guns silent for a moment, parents gathered up their hungry children and headed for the market to barter for what meager supplies of food and clothing had made it through Serbian lines. Saturday is traditionally the busiest shopping day in the besieged city, and a sense of normality emerged from the bustle of activity in Sarajevo's main marketplace...
Harvard Bookstore: This staid bookstore was unashamed of its relatively meager collection of lusty pageturners. "No, no, no. We don't carry contemporary schmaltz. Certainly not," one staffer said...