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...near the U.S. naval base at Sasebo, Japan. Thus, even as opponents of Clinton's easing of restrictions against gay military personnel raised the specter of unrestrained homosexuals running rampant through their ranks, more tangible threats to military discipline were coming from the straight and narrow-minded already in uniform...
...thing that can almost be taken for granted--junior Hobey Baker candidate Ted Drury will score his 100th point in a Harvard uniform this weekend. All he needs is one point from either game to become the 32nd player in Harvard history to reach that plateau...
...distinction between the types of nationalism is crucial to Greenfeld. "This is the most important idea of the book--that nationalism is not a uniform phenomenon," she says. "It is the basis of the best in our world... and of the worst." While at first glance such a statement may seem a concession to particularism--that is, an apology that no conclusion can be drawn from the nationalist experience--such an understanding of Greenfeld's reluctance to make sweeping generalizations would be erroneous...
Holum discovered during the transition that the Joint Chiefs were willing to end the practice of asking recruits about their sexual preferences, but strongly opposed an Executive Order that would immediately end the ban on gays in uniform. Holum floated several options to transition officials, including a two-stage approach to be carried out according to the Pentagon's own timetable. That idea angered gay activists, who leaked word of Clinton's apparent hedging to reporters at a time when the President-elect was breaking other promises...
...enough to invite discharge. The military has many other rules on sexual conduct that apply to everyone -- gay or straight. Officers are not permitted to fraternize with enlistees. Sex is barred on bases except for married personnel in their living quarters. Even off-site sex is regulated. Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, anal and oral intercourse are prohibited anywhere, anytime, by anybody. But each of these rules speaks to conduct, not sexual orientation -- and the last rule goes largely unenforced...