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Sergei Stepashin is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. After his nomination sailed through parliament Wednesday, the former secret policeman now shares the lot of all of Boris Yeltsin's prime ministers. "The very ease with which he was confirmed will immediately rouse Yeltsin's suspicion," says TIME Moscow bureau chief Paul Quinn-Judge. "After all, for all his ill health and mental diminution, Yeltsin still controls the political system here, and he's immediately suspicious of any prime minister who appears to get along with the Duma or enjoys public confidence. Of course, a prime...
...base than even Defense Secretary Cohen or Joint Chiefs Chairman Hugh Shelton. "Thank you for making us proud of what we do," said a serviceman. But a more senior official, standing back in the crowd, gave a cautious critique: "We're being pressed to become the world's policeman, but we don't have the will or the military structure to do it right. Nor do we have a rational method of picking where we'll get involved. Give us a clear job to do and we can usually do it--witness Bosnia and Korea. But you have...
...recently told his dad that he especially enjoyed Grand Theft Auto, a particularly violent video game in which the player gets points by stealing cars and killing police officers. Unaware his son had this game, Tom asked him why he bought it, considering his older half brother is a policeman. "Because it's fun," said Peter. "I know cops aren't bad. It doesn't make me want to go out and steal cars. Video games don't influence me." Tom says that had he known, he would have forbidden the purchase. But he hasn't taken the game away...
...says he was changing shoes in his car following a round of golf when he was approached by an armed man. "This guy looked like a regular solid citizen," he told the Associated Press. "In his 40s, very clean shaven. I might have taken him for an off-duty policeman." Simpson says he bit the man's hand to make him release the gun and, in the struggle, cut his own. As the man fled in his car, Simpson gave chase in his own vehicle and called police. They instructed Simpson to stop the chase when the assailant starting running...
...does not want to be the world's policeman, but if there is ever to be peace, then action must be taken to ensure this goal. It is proper that the U.S., as the most powerful nation in the world, with high ideals of human rights, lead efforts to preserve peace. America's actions in Kosovo to protect the Albanians, a Muslim people, from genocide and abuse of their human rights show a commitment to a just and peaceful world without any bias of race, religion or nationality. DWIGHT M. GOWDEY Seattle