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...almost 1,400 years later, Chinese scholars are attempting a subtler land grab, claiming that the ancient kingdom of Koguryo was a part of China?a "regional government founded by an ethnic group," as Beijing's state-run Northeast Asia Project put it in June. The argument isn't just academic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rewriting History | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

Sullivan's argument that those who support the Federal Marriage Amendment are simply using the issue to mobilize President Bush's political base was absolutely absurd. This is an issue of morality, not politics. Those who oppose homosexual marriage do so because they believe it goes against God's will and because they believe children are healthiest and happiest when raised by a married mother and father. To use the issue to attack Bush is ludicrous and frighteningly divisive. ELIZABETH HENDERSON Tustin, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 16, 2004 | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

...marriage would degrade, in any way, my marriage. Considering what gays have to go through to get married, most gay couples who want to marry are probably less likely than straight couples to get divorced, since 50% of straight marriages fail. Mark J. Olberding Nevada, Iowa, U.S. Sullivan's argument that those who support the Federal Marriage Amendment are simply using the issue to mobilize President Bush's political base was absolutely absurd. This is an issue of morality, not politics. Those who oppose homosexual marriage do so because they believe it goes against God's will and because they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 8/15/2004 | See Source »

...court disagreed with this argument...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Court Rules That Harvard, Not Family, Should Receive Father’s Money | 8/13/2004 | See Source »

...mainly concerned with the trials faced by an onscreen Kaufman (played by Nicolas Cage) after he agrees to adapt Orlean’s book into a screenplay, is no kinder to its script’s author—which Orlean said led her agent to employ an unusual argument as he convinced her to approve the script...

Author: By Margaret W. Ho, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Orlean Discusses Book ‘Adaptation’ | 8/13/2004 | See Source »

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