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...believe in. Neither would reinstating the draft result in anything other than a demoralized armed forces and a renewed flight to Canada. And the Army cannot make itself less attractive to potential recruits. If there is a solution at all it is to provide 18-year-olds in West Virginia with better options: better jobs or a better chance at education. As for those of us at Harvard, we children of privilege: we must remember what it’s like to be 20. And in 30 years, we must not allow another generation of twenty-year-olds...
...abuses is Frederick, 37, who has served with the company for 20 years. Frederick was just short of qualifying for a full pension when he was mobilized last year. Married, with two stepdaughters, ages 14 and 18, Frederick has a civilian job as a guard at a medium-security Virginia prison, where his wife Martha also works. His uncle William Lawson describes him as "very laid back" and "a practical joker." Shoemaker-Davis sees him as a "tough guy," used to being in charge: "He has a very strong personality. He's a prankster and likes to do your typical...
...Klinestiver, would give money to anyone who needed it. Frederick, his uncle insists, was no prisoner abuser back home but "actually saved the life of a prisoner who was hanging himself. He got him down and got him breathing," says Lawson. "He received an award from the Governor of Virginia...
...Reed College and author of Torture and Modernity. This kind of standing torture was used by the Gestapo and by Stalin, he says, although the wires and the threat of electrocution if you fell were a Brazilian police innovation. "You don't learn this sort of thing in West Virginia," says Rejali. "Somebody had to tell these soldiers what the parameters were for their behavior...
...Crimson softball players earned All-Ivy League recognition this season, topped by 2004 Ivy Pitcher of the Year, co-captain Kara Brotemarkle. Brotemarkle was joined on the first-team by freshman third baseman Virginia Fritsch and junior pitcher/utility player Lauren Bettinelli. Outfielders freshman Julia Kidder and junior Lauren Stefanchik received second-team honors, and co-captain second baseman Sara Williamson was named honorable mention...