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Pentagon officials deny that the military is exploiting blacks and insist that the disproportionate numbers are the random result of America's decision in 1973 to replace the draft with an all-volunteer force. They also point to the example of Joint Chiefs Chairman Colin Powell, whose rise to the top ranks of the U.S. military stands as a striking illustration of the career opportunities that have long attracted African Americans into the armed forces. Nor is Powell alone at the top: 26 of the Army's 407 generals are black...
...Random House; 263 pages...
...best defense against steroids, year-round random testing, is meant to counter athletes' efforts to hide the presence of drugs by stopping their use just before competition. But year-round testing is costly and complicated. Even sports organizations that say they are intent upon rooting out steroids -- the U.S. Olympic Committee and the NCAA, among them -- are only now gathering the experience and resources to do so. The NCAA conducted about 14,000 drug tests in 1990, vs. 5,000 in 1986, but year-round testing is still limited to Division I football...
Carrying signs that read "War Is Not The Answer" and singing "We Shall Overcome," the random assortment of local citizens, from elementary school children to teens and the elderly attracted many passers-by as they "vigiled for peace...
...Random House; 479 pages...