Word: openly
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...three years as a teaching fellow for History and Literature, 41-year-old Pleun Bouricius is just now realizing that the intrigue of Harvard has all but disappeared. Her decision: next year she will gather her things from her Massachusetts nest and head where the wind takes heroover the open road and behind the wheel of a Mac truck...
...game begins the moment the doors open. Trendy music pulsates as the players emerge, clad in matching jerseys, all number 52. Itis a low-down, dirty fight to conquer fashion in the world of Abercrombie and Fitch. Clothing is just the beginning. Body, face, popularityothese are the contenders...
Throughout World War II both the Nazi and Soviet armies achieved significant unit cohesion. Admittedly, there was nothing fuzzy or friendly about the means employed. Stalin had gunners open fire on deserters. The SS brutalized inhabitants of areas through which the Wehrmacht passed, leaving no doubt in the German soldiers' mind that local capture was not a viable option. German troops were also informed that desertion would result in retribution against their families. The moral repugnance of such techniques notwithstanding, they almost certainly contributed to tangible differences in military performance per capita. For every enemy soldier the American trooper killed...
This, then, is the appropriate framework within which the issue of open homosexuality in the military should be addressed. It is not merely a binary question of upholding equality on the one hand or maintaining military effectiveness on the other...
...following the prescribed path, only to be stymied at the last step. Moore's story is not unique, and while the Secret Service spokespeople point to a number of blacks and women in leadership positions (of seven assistant directors, two are black and one is a woman), this lawsuit opens the agency's internal structure to an unaccustomed level of public inquiry. That scrutiny could force Secret Service officials to open their hiring books and answer some tough questions...