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Unfortunately, the portrayal of Cammermeyer the careerist is handled less deftly than the portrayal of Cammermeyer the awakened lover. What Serving in Silence fails to explore sufficiently is the origin of Cammermeyer's fierce drive and commitment to the military even after she is discharged. Cammermeyer, who is still fighting for her reinstatement, disclosed her sexual orien-tation during a top-security-clearance interview required before she could apply to the Army's War College. Close delivers lines like "I want to be a general" and "I'm going to change the regulations, Diane" with little or no emotion...
...this whimsical hobbling of normal syntax? In a Postscript, our author accounts for his mission: "Offhand, with hindsight, I can think of many factors bubbling about in my brain, but I ought to admit right away that its origin was totally haphazard, touch and go, a flip of a coin. It all got out of hand with a companion calling my bluff (I said I could do it, this companion said I could...
...remarkable cross-pollination of astrophysics and medicine, Harvard physicists studying the origin of the universe are applying recently developed techniques to a promising new method of medical diagnosis...
...further their research into the origin ofmatter, Walsworth, Oteiza and Timothy E. Chupp ofthe University of Michigan developed aninexpensive technique for producing the magnetizedxenon gas needed to measure the dipole. Only aftertalking to scientists doing similar research atPrinceton and SUNY Stonybrook did Walsworthrealize the advantages his magnetizer couldprovide...
...national origin is never clear, nor does her array of vowel sounds provide much of a hint. But her spiritual roots are in California. She claims to be adept at "Vibrasound, Tantric Massage, Reflexology, Chakra, Crystal Therapy, Essential Oils [her specialty], Flower Remedies, Colour Counselling-you name it." Personal growth, she assures the baffled George, "needs assistance. It needs sharing. Anything you want to share...