Word: nunn
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...battle, if not the war. Zilly's decision was the seventh lower-court ruling against the old military rules on homosexuality; and, like several of the other decisions, it has implications for the new regulations negotiated by Bill Clinton and Senator Sam Nunn last summer. The events that led to Cammermeyer's discharge might not have occurred under the new "don't ask, don't tell" policy, since she might never have been asked. But her answer would break the new as well as the old regulations. The current policy holds that although homosexual "status" is theoretically permissible, admitting...
...stars at Glyndebourne are the conductors -- Bernard Haitink led Figaro -- and the directors. Sir Peter Hall has done some of his best stagings here, as have Trevor Nunn and Jonathan Miller. But the key to Glyndebourne's success is the dozen or so coaches who prepare each opera meticulously. Beneficiaries liken their teaching to having a superb master class every day. Christie notes that "coaches have an awkward job mediating between the conductor and the singer. They need a feeling for what's best for the composer." Their ranks tend to be drawn from people on their way to becoming...
...remember that ((Kelso is)) a father of two young women who are very sensitive of their father's role in this matter" -- whatever that meant. John Warner of Virginia worried about the hardship Kelso's wife would bear if he were to get $17,000 a year less. Sam Nunn got tangled up in sailing analogies -- Kelso's opponents were putting him in a rowboat and tying an anchor to his leg and saying he "should have been down on the bottom of the ship" -- and concluded that the Senate should not take two stars away from Kelso because...
...supporting the force levels Clinton has called for through 1999. Indeed, Clinton's budget slashes $1.4 billion in defense procurement programs, almost half the overall $3.25 billion in cuts the President is recommending. But the proposals will encounter strenuous opposition from congressional Republicans and such leading Democrats as Sam Nunn of Georgia, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee...
...Bill Nunn, acting general manager of The Shops, said the "experimental nature" of the kiosks was the reason for their departure. He also said there was a "steady stream of inquiry" into setting up new businesses at Holyoke Center and said the three that left will be replaced within 30 days...