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...Justice. But Bush's Guard record is nevertheless emerging as a Rorschach test in the 2004 campaign. Supporters cite the record as evidence of the Commander in Chief's military background and skill: he did well on an officer-qualification test, won praise from fellow pilots for his flying prowess and received an honorable discharge. Opponents see it as a laundry list of how a well-connected Texas scion pulled strings to avoid going to Vietnam, then failed to complete the scant service he signed up for--and now sends tens of thousands of U.S. troops to a war that...
Harvard made just 13 of 22 from the line, a circumstance aggravated by the Big Red’s freebie prowess, as Cornell made...
Experts say jury selection in this case will depend less on gender, income or homemaking prowess than on the strictness of each juror's moral outlook. "The prosecution is looking for people who see the world in black and white," says jury consultant Donald Vinson. "Martha's lawyers are looking for people who, before blindly obeying a rule, ask how important it is." To help find the latter, Stewart has hired jury psychologist Julie Blackman, whose recent high-profile client Frank Quattrone, the banker charged with obstruction of justice, wound up with a hung jury...
DIED. TUG MCGRAW, 59, intensely competitive left-hander whose relief-pitching prowess helped the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies capture World Series championships; of brain cancer; in Nashville. A crowd favorite known for his boyish enthusiasm, he coined the Mets' battle cry "You gotta believe!" during the 1973 National League pennant race. After notching 180 saves in a 20-year career, he went on to work as a TV sportscaster and wrote three children's books...
During his brutal reign as Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussein created around himself a legend of physical and political prowess. He demanded that his followers be willing to fight and die for him and acted as though he'd do the same for his country. So when he surrendered to U.S. soldiers without a shot from the pistol at his side, Arab diplomats and journalists say that the once admiring Arab masses were dismayed and embarrassed by his meekness. It suggested that legendary toughness was just that: legend...