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Defense Secretary William Cohen has ordered a review of the entire case. But even before it is taken up, top Pentagon civilians are seething at the Army's public relations blunder and the demoralizing impact the handling of the case could have on the troops. "You don't let someone go until the inspector general has finished the investigation," says a senior civilian overseeing Pentagon personnel matters. Says Lawrence Korb, a former Pentagon personnel chief: "It was stupid for them to let him out. There's no certainty they can get him back if they decide he needs...
Monday evening marked the last meeting of the year for the Harvard-Radcliffe Science-Fiction and Fantasy Association (HRSFA). As usual, talk among members was a mix of the mundane and the nostalgic, from a review of the group's pre-frosh weekend events to updates on recent science fiction discussions. Above all, the mood in Sever 112 was relaxed--despite a small television crew that had set up camp to film their meeting...
...White House, meanwhile, announced that former FBI and CIA director William Webster would review the practices of the IRS?s criminal investigative division. Van Voorst believes that while the agency badly needs reforming, ?the IRS is probably as bad as any other government agency, but no worse.? That, of course, is meager consolation for the victims of IRS zeal -- and they?re the ones who?ll have the mike in the days to come...
...already screening our calls.) The question is whether it will cause much of a ripple in the rest of the world. Brill is aiming for a circulation of 450,000 to 600,000 at the end of five years--an optimistic goal considering that the Columbia Journalism Review's paid circulation is only 26,000. Brill and his minions have been out hustling ads--he expects at least 40 pages in the launch issue--but some Madison Avenue vets are wary. "I don't think the mass of people will be interested," says Roberta Garfinkle of McAnn-Erickson advertising...
...good spirits. Not only has he just been sprung from the slammer, he also has a new movie opening this week, Two Girls and a Guy, that's generating strong buzz for his role as a duplicitous lothario confronted by the two women he's been dating simultaneously (see review). And he has two more films coming out this year: In Dreams, in which he plays a psycho telepathically stalking Annette Bening, and Friends and Lovers, an indie comedy-drama that finds him playing a ski instructor. Though he must return each night to a rehab center for the next...