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...result, Clinton has launched a campaign to battle the widespread perception that his White House disdains people in uniform. The first line of offense is to smooth relations with the top brass, whose cues set the tone in the ranks. Aides to both Clinton and Powell are working overtime to put out the word that the two men have moved beyond their early differences over the gay issue and now confer several times a week. White House chief of staff Thomas McLarty describes the Clinton-Powell relationship as "very respectful and professional but not in a stuffy...
...pack, Ryan grew pensive. What bothered him, as he looked ahead to his record 27th and, alas, final big-league season, was not the intimations of his own baseball mortality but rather the odd sensation of pitching to five- time batting champion Wade Boggs in a Yankee uniform. For 11 seasons, Boggs was as much a part of the Boston Red Sox as the fabled Green Monster wall in Fenway Park's left field. Now he had changed to pinstripes (part of the off- season free-agent frenzy in which 91 veteran players shifted teams), and it troubled...
...accursed Yankees and telling the press he likes it there? Is this the same Chicken Man who did all the promos for the Jimmy fund and was the idol of every sandlot hitter in New England? Do you realize, Mr. Boggs, that you're wearing the same uniform that Bucky Dent donned when he killed our pennant hopes...
...quickly, a couple of minor reforms: tell players to get rid of the moldy "gym rat" fad of wearing T shirts under their uniform shirts. This is intended to signify dedication, because if you keep practicing three pointers long after the heat has been turned off, you need a T shirt. But the pros don't dress this way, do they? Also lose the dreary possession arrow and reinstate the jump after a held ball. Little squirts love to try to outjump the big droids, and audiences love to see them do it. Right. And, coach, you up there...
...bringing the Pentagon down to size and opening it up to diversity. That means smaller budgets, fewer troops, less new hardware, a streamlined bureaucracy and the possible integration of gays into the service. Making matters worse is the strong culture clash between Aspin's boss and the people in uniform. They don't like Bill Clinton much, and they assume he feels likewise...