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...first said a 'university administrator of high rank'--flattering but not helpful. The second said 'the highest official in a cathedral,' and the third said 'the keeper of a prison,'" Carnesale said. "Now that was getting closer...
...Force crash probes are routinely sabotaged by officers seeking to please superiors, hide culpability and avoid embarrassment. Accidents like Holland's, says Diehl, "suggest the all too familiar pattern of ignoring dangerous behavior of certain individuals, especially when they are well liked, regarded as good flyers or hold high rank." His report to Defense Secretary William Perry, Air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall and the congressional armed services panels makes clear that the problem is widespread. "These cases," he told them, "are just the tip of the iceberg...
...application process was eliminatedand students were asked to rank all 12 houses.This system proved very unpopular, according toJohn B. Fox Jr. '59, secretary of the Faculty ofArts and Sciences (FAS) and former dean of thecollege...
...troops have been forbidden since 1969 to participate actively in "organizations that espouse supremacist causes." However, such allegiances do exist among the rank and file. In 1986, for instance, three Marines from North Carolina's Camp Lejeune were ousted for membership in a white supremacist group. One Marine testified that he had supplied the White Patriot Party, a white supremacist group, with explosives and weapons. In 1991 an Army Green Beret sergeant pleaded guilty to stockpiling weapons and explosives and funneling them to white supremacist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan. Pentagon officials admit they are troubled by the existence...
UNESCO has proclaimed may 3 World Press Freedom Day. In the American consciousness this is not likely to rank with Mother's Day, Secretaries' Day, Pharmacists' Day, or even Kiss-Your-Mate Day, but it deserves some attention at a time when America is more dissatisfied than ever with its own media...