Word: basic
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...sexual activity and lack of helpful discourse about real health dangers--is a product of the larger society we share. Sexual activity is among the most emotionally-charged of human activities and for that reason many people often have difficulty talking about it and finding answers to their most basic health questions...
...Harvard's decision to appoint a lesbian couple as masters in Lowell House. It is important for everyone to be reminded that extreme homophobia and intolerance are still out there, even among the "educated," and that the battle for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered rights is a battle for basic human decency. To Mr. Adams, I can only hope that your gay children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews can survive the atmosphere of hatred you are perpetuating without taking their own lives, as so many of our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered youth do every day. ARI M. LIPMAN...
Today Israel's secular majority is signaling that it has had enough. Says Ronni Milo, the mayor of Tel Aviv and a leader in the secular vanguard: "We are talking here of the basic rights of people to choose their own way of life...
...movie makes clear, any politician who tries this at home will die. Not to worry. The last thing anyone in Washington wants is to blurt the basic fact of elective office--that you buy it and pay off the debt in daily installments of breaks to special interests. In real life, those few good men and women who truth-talk are quickly marginalized. Senator John McCain, fighting first for campaign-finance reform and now against the cigarette makers, is presumed by the public to be a great candidate for President but equally presumed to be unable to get his party...
...time of trade and economic tensions between Washington and Tokyo. Last week the Japanese government hired Gallup to conduct a poll, apparently to see if friendship for Japan has eroded in the U.S. The results indicated that 60% of the American public views Japan as trustworthy. Chang's publisher, Basic Books, says that before Saito made his remarks, only one Tokyo imprint had expressed interest in buying the rights; now several have jumped into the auction...