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After the New York Public Library held and exhibition titled "Becoming Visible: The Legacy of Stonewall" four years ago, two of the exhibition's curators transformed this massive collection of information into a book. Starting with a chapter on the Stonewall riots, the writers attempt to piece together a history of gay life and politics up to the riots. While accepting that the riots were instrumental in assembling strong gay and lesbian movements, the writers argue that as a result of the emphasis placed on the riots, history has been forgotten and the important movers of the pre-Stonewall...
...attempt to design a health care planacceptable to every vocal group would result inutter chaos," the officer says...
Many Americans simply fail to appreciate sushi because they do not know how to eat it. I have grappled with the debate between one large, indelicate bite versus the risky maneuver of massacring the piece of fish in the attempt to sever it. My sinuses have been singed clear as a bell by accidental over-indulgence in wasabi. I have even been so gauche as to try to remove the seaweed from one roll so as to taste it plain. However, the art of properly eating sushi extends far beyond overcoming these trifling blunders. For instance, as our chef explained...
...throughout my part of the Yard. I do consider ethnicity when I put together rooming groups, but not in the way that you have suggested in this instance. During the summer before the freshmen arrive, I spend countless hours reading their housing applications; in putting together rooming groups, I attempt to have a good mixture in each entryway, with students from diverse geographic and ethnic groups, who also have complementary interests and living habits...
...panacea to all circulation problems, let me leave you with a little perspective. The Crimson's circulation department is a half-dozen full-time students who, in their spare time, oversee the door-to-door delivery of more than 5,500 newspapers every day. Few comparable college newspapers attempt anything on this scale. The Princetonian only delivers to subscribers and the Yale Daily News merely leaves a bunch of papers at a central spot in the residential colleges, in spite of both papers having a readership an order of magnitude smaller than The Crimson's. Neither offers access to national...