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...forced to postpone full-scale hearings at least until the fall, and some sources say they may not get started until next year. The delay suits some Republicans, who fear that Burton's hearings will turn into a partisan circus. And it leaves the spotlight to Tennessee Republican Fred Thompson, a far more presentable prosecutor, who is likely to launch Senate hearings this summer...
...Mark Thompson's story has not the slightest hint that the women involved should bear any responsibility for their behavior. Here we have women who are 18 years of age, considered mature, yet apparently they cannot be held responsible for their decisions involving sex. Carissa Schaper chose to lie about her medical condition and become involved in an affair with a married sergeant, yet she is treated strictly as a victim. Policies that protect women from accountability are unfair to both sexes, and will probably have a divisive influence in the years to come. CHRISTOPHER C. HEARD Nashville, Tenn...
...behind schedule. The move comes amid growing concerns about Russia's ability to meet the demands of the station in light of recent troubles at the Russian Space Agency, which have included spontaneous fires aboard Mir and delays in the completion of critical space station components. TIME's Dick Thompson reports that NASA's decision not to dump Russia was based on a sense of loyalty as well as political considerations: "For one, NASA has had a longstanding commitment to work with them. Secondly, there are political reasons in that the U.S. government wants to help bolster the Russian economy...
...problem is David Thompson's book, with its tired cocktail of characters left over from They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, and an odd Twilight Zone chaser. Karen Ziemba combines Broadway pizazz with shy-girl vulnerability as a contestant who partners a stunt pilot (Daniel McDonald) but is secretly married to the marathon's slimy emcee (Gregory Harrison). The mix of nostalgia, cynicism and period artifice, however, keeps us at arm's length from the material (beware of any show in which one character calls another "Flyboy"). The ersatz-'30s numbers are pleasant but forgettable, although Debra Monk...
...Dick Thompson...