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Although the Crimson could not afford spare time to rid themselves of any post-car ride stiffness, the unexpected six-hour journey didn't faze the Crimson squad, as it immediately dismantled...
...settlement will not spare the FBI from Senate hearings scheduled for next month by Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, a Republican presidential hopeful who wants to determine just how the attempt to arrest Weaver on a weapons charge got so spectacularly out of hand. For one thing, Specter wants to shed light on a central controversy: Who approved radically revised rules of engagement for the incident? Those orders let agents shoot to kill any armed male spotted in the open. Regulations ordinarily allow deadly force only in the face of immediate physical danger. "I bridle at the inability to find answers...
...since 1991 was at last choking itself toward extinction. Strife that has fed on vengeful mythologies and minor cultural differences was succumbing, among many southern Slavs, to a universality of victimhood. Around the western Balkans, sorry droves of refugees could almost have exchanged identities as they toted a few spare relics from their past lives into banishment...
While the military's actual war-fighting computers are generally deemed secure, those supporting other vital areas--such as payroll, personnel, transportation and spare parts--are handled by poorly guarded Pentagon computers linked by scantily protected public-communications channels. The military's computers are probed by outsiders close to 500 times a day, Pentagon experts believe. But only about 25 of those are detected, and only two or three of those detected are reported to security officials. This penetrability is a legacy of computers designed for ease of use and accessibility to the Internet (itself a Pentagon creation). The toughest...
Packwood says he is consumed more by his Senate work than by the deliberations of the Ethics Committee. "What choice do I have?" As Finance chairman, he spends his days preparing for the pivotal role he will play in the forthcoming debates over Medicare and welfare reform. During his spare time in his Senate office, he leafs through a worn hardcover copy of the play A Man for All Seasons. His favorite part? Sir Thomas More cautioning his son-in-law to follow the law rather than his own moral certitude. The lesson, Packwood says, is "be wary of people...