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...tapes are one more vivid manifestation of the military's greater problem: a seeming inability to police itself. In spite of leaders' repeated "zero tolerance" pronouncements--concerning political extremism, racism, sexual harassment and hazing--authorities are just as often forced to acknowledge a breakdown in the chain of command. Last week a sixth soldier at Maryland's Aberdeen training ground was brought up on charges of sexually harassing a trainee, while the Citadel, a military-training school, is in the midst of its own hazing scandal involving female cadets. Blood pinning cannot be written off as the overexcitement of young...
...there no media outcry about Lott's shady past? He has not been challenged for his alleged associations with a group that promoted racism and segregation. And now, as Senate majority leader, he has the power to affect national policy on issues such as affirmative action and welfare reform, areas which directly impact millions of black Americans...
...testimony about Simpson?s alibi, a brutal fight with his ex-wife and his limo driver?s precise recollections of the timing of events on the night of the murders. Echoing the approach that worked for Simpson at the criminal trial, defense lawyer Robert Baker focused on alleged police racism and evidence tampering. But Baker, who did not indicate whether an appeal would be issued, clearly didn't have the same "Dream Team" magic that worked so successfully for Simpson in the past. But that didn't seem to bother O.J. much. After the jury made its decision, he reportedly...
ACQUITTED. BRIGITTE BARDOT, 62, 1950s sex kitten turned animal-rights crusader; of charges of inciting racism; in Paris. The accusation stemmed from a Bardot letter published last year in a French newspaper decrying Muslim sacrificial slaughter of sheep, likening it to pagan rituals...
...Mosley's other novels, the plot is mostly incidental, a prop for his rich characterizations and astute social observations. In Fishin', Easy emerges as an Everyman of the segregated pre-World War II rural South: semiliterate, marginally employed, the victim of numerous acts of offhand racism. He inhabits a blues-toned, all-black world of juke joints, odd jobs and broken people wrestling with the same dilemma: "If all you got is two po'k chops an' ten chirren, what you gonna do?" The answer: improvise and live with the consequences...