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To be an officer and a gentle man
I'm not sure I would call my classmates intolerant. But they were sure incredulous when they found out I didn't smoke or drink. Here we were, 20 of us, just out of college, thrown together for Naval officer training. It was a frantic four-month period at the height of the Vietnam conflict—an intense mix of concentrated learning, discipline, and deprivation (plus a dash of humiliation), which the recruitment brochure promised would make us officers and gentlemen.
I found I needed to be as compassionate toward my friends as they ultimately were to me.
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January 28, 2002 issue
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Fresh ideas from new voices
Steve Graham
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YOUR LETTERS
with contributions from Leo Crocker Rogers, Marta Greenwood, Barbara Sander, Betty Jane Dittmar
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items of interest
with contributions from Sari Kalin, Sabrina Cooper
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A way will open up . . .
with contributions from Ari Denison, Nichole Denison
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Coming to grips with it all
Suzanne Smedley with contributions from David Gross
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She couldn't block it out
By Dave Hohle Sentinel staff
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My generation—what the world needs from us
Alistair Savides
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Best friends—a Muslim and a Christian
with contributions from Roshan Khan, Onjolee Nair
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Tolerance
By Sean Farrell
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'I decided to just keep going on with it'
By Dave Hohle Sentinel staff
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Kate and Leopold ... and Russell
By Marilyn C. Jones Sentinel staff
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To be an officer and a gentle man
By Norm Bleichman
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So, you want a perfect father?
Marianela Toledo
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Spiritual growth saves tooth
Donald Freas
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Headaches gone, thanks to spiritual understanding
Sarah O'Brien
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Housing arrangements perfectly coordinated
Curt Snider
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No time for boredom
John Selover