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...certainly gotten calls and letters from people saying how much they appreciate the fact that I'm willing to stand up and be counted. We have all presumed that there are other people who have achieved higher rank within the military and left without having to confront the situation or choosing to come out. Now there is a sense of purpose, I think, for many, waiting to see what is going to happen...
...union and management negotiating teamsleft Memorial Hall yesterday they were greeted bya crowd of rank and file union members...
METAL DOG TAGS BEARING A SOLDIER'S NAME, RANK and serial number for identification date to the early part of the century, when battles were still being fought with bullets and bayonets. But combatants in today's wars are not just killed, they are sometimes obliterated, dog tags and all. So last week the Army began collecting blood and tissue samples from new recruits, part of an ambitious "genetic dog tag" program that will eventually enable pathologists to identify the smallest tissue specimens by cross-matching to genetic samples stored on file. The Pentagon aims to collect specimens from...
...Merrick is a place where success is equated with discipline, exemplified in the manicured lawns and shrubbery of Berkley Lane, where she grew up, and with drive and ambition, epitomized in the way the high school carries grade-point averages out to four decimal places for precision in class rank. This is where the American Dream still works, where crime is something glimpsed on a newscast, where the next generation prompts hope and not despair. Neither neighbors nor teachers nor her perhaps more candid peers see the girl's fall from grace as typical. To her fellow townspeople, Amy Fisher...
Nathans was one of six candidates recommended by the student committee, but the committee did not rank the candidates, he says...