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Carcaterra seems surprised that anyone would doubt that all this actually happened to him and his friends. "It's hurtful, in truth," he says. "When some people with nothing but their own opinions don't believe it, there is little you can do to combat them." At the same time, the author admits that nearly all the details in Sleepers are fictitious, intentionally altered to disguise his friends -- only the one he calls Michael, he says, is still living -- and Hell's Kitchen sources. "You have to change dates, names, places, people. The way they looked; you have to make...
...combat this problem, people have tried to jump the gun and introduce many ways of promoting organ donation. Several of these solutions are quite drastic and far-reaching, even to the point of changing the Constitution. Three methods include compensation for donations, non-monetary compensation for donation and presumed consent. Unfortunately, these methods have not been shown to work. There are problems with each, should they ever come to be implemented...
...officers expect that some peacekeepers will be seized as hostages, greatly complicating the pullout, but the rescuers won't face such a fate. "The forces we send in there are going to be fully armed combat forces in overwhelming power," Defense Secretary William Perry promises. "Anybody who attempts to take hostages is going to be taking on a very considerable undertaking...
...Washington, Bosnia's foreign minister declared the U.N. peacekeeping mission "at an end" and said the Muslim government would demand the withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers unless contributing nations agreed to confront Serb rebels in combat. That's roughly what France has proposed to do, to the chagrin of Britain and other partners who fear the plan is brash and unrealistic. Even so, one European Union official told TIME's Jay Branegan at a meeting of European foreign ministers today that French and British positions "are becoming closer." And yet: "The British want to see a very detailed plan...
Powell carries a basic set of old- fashioned, conservative social values -- he is against sending women into combat, and fought against letting gays serve openly in the military. But he is adding specific and fairly centrist views on other hot-button issues. He is basically pro-choice, against the proposed flag-burning amendment and a supporter of Medicare, which helped him care for both his parents in their final years. On affirmative action he makes a nuanced distinction. While he is against programs that give advantages to people who no longer need them, he supports programs that recognize that "racism...