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...there is a tendency, even among respectable commentators, to treat the U.S. military's mushrooming sex-abuse scandals as a case of runaway hormones and boyish high jinks. WAR IS HELL, notes a New York Times headline, adding, wittily, SO IS REGULATING SEX. The article, which glides blithely from the topic of "relationships" to rape, quotes an Assistant Secretary of Defense explaining the debacle in terms of a "natural attraction between men and women." "Attraction?" "Sex?" Excuse me, fellows, but what goes on in your bedrooms...
...first slave holder in America was a free African-American who owned other African-Americans. His name was Anthony Johnson, and the first court case in North America establishing the right to own slaves was brought by him in Northampton County, Virginia, in 1653 with respect to a runaway slave named John Casor. The court's decision established the right to enforce lifetime servitude for the first time in the English American colonies over a person who had committed no crime...
...fashion retailer what he wants Santa to bring, and the wish may well be runaway success for Evita, to be released Christmas Day and starring Madonna. The film captures the glamorous, polished look of the '40s: huge shoulders, nipped-in waist, plenty of accessories. It all adds up to plenty of perchandise. Bloomingdale's will open Evita boutiques in nine stores, and Estee Lauder has whipped up a line of makeup: ruby lipstick and white powder in a frankly made-up look. !Viva...
...numbers posted in the results, placing the men almost 200 points out of first place and the women 78 points behind Dartmouth's runaway victory, do not tell the whole story. That's not to say the Crimson should have swept the races, but the results documented on paper are not indicative of the individual performances and team potential...
...Ancient Eight, there's probably not going to be a patsy or a runaway favorite. Cornell took the crown last year, going 15-2-1 and earning a No. 9 ranking in the Intercollegiate Soccer Association of America Poll. But the Big Red lost five starters, and Brown and Princeton have been tossed around with Harvard as possible overthrowers...