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...Kerrey grew up the third of seven children in a quiet working-class community on the edge of Lincoln, Nebraska. At the University of Nebraska, he partied hard and nearly flunked officer training. But he was good at his other studies and finished the five-year pharmacy program in four. Still, life behind the drug counter had started to look like drudgery. He once recalled how a farmer came in looking for a treatment for the "sniffles." Annoyed at the triviality of the man's complaint, Kerrey said, "Try this" and wiped his sleeve across his nose...
RULED NEGLIGENT. CHARLES LAUX, former sheriff of Richardson County, Neb.; for not offering protective custody to Teena Brandon, a 21-year-old cross-dressing woman whose rape and murder inspired the movie Boys Don't Cry; by the Nebraska Supreme Court; in Lincoln...
McCain's lofty position also has held true for Kerrey. The former Nebraska Senator later lost part of a leg when a grenade exploded under him, part of an action for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. From this side of the Pacific, the straightforward story of a bemedalled, wounded hero resonated easily with a public which would rather not face up to the fact that Vietnam wasn't a replay of World War II - the so-called "Good War" - but a messy, muddled civil conflagration that could not be fought without compromising the values America cherished...
...RAMS FANS CHANT ED-DIE! ED-DIE! With the seventh-overall pick in 1996, the Rams drafted a headache THIS BIG and it had Nebraska running back Lawrence Phillips written all over it. Seven selections later, the Oilers selected Ohio State running back - and Heisman Trophy winner - Eddie George, who, unlike Phillips, has made his headlines on the field. The silver lining? Phillips' demise led to Rams' acquisition of league MVP Marshall Faulk...
...next match, Jantzen thoroughly defeated Lehigh's Bernholz 11-1, followed by a decisive 6-1 victory over Nebraska's DeAnda...