Word: blamed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ever does become fact, I'll have to take part of the blame. For it was my research, published in 1991, which suggested that brain structure--particularly the size of a tiny cell group in the hypothalamus, where our sexual urges may have their roots--has a lot to do with why a person is straight, gay, or bisexual...
...agree on what it was. To some, I was out to pathologize, perhaps to eliminate homosexuality. "Another example of medical homophobia!" declared one gay academic on prime time television. To others, I was out to justify homosexuality--to prove that we are "born that way" and therefore not to blame for our sexual urges or our sexual behavior...
...final confrontation with her husband Torvald, in which McTeer (helped by Frank McGuinness's vigorous translation) stunningly conveys a woman whose eyes--and mind--are suddenly opening. "No man sacrifices his integrity for the person he loves," protests Torvald, after Nora says she expected him to take the blame if her past sin were revealed. "Hundreds of thousands of women have!" she replies in a fierce half whisper that has the clarity of a thunderclap...
...form of innocence than the '50s kind, and when their true feelings burst through, their breakdowns and breakups are really scary. Like Inventing the Abbotts, this movie knows that the questing phallus is the main source of youthful romantic angst. But Chasing Amy doesn't try to shift the blame for its heedlessness to its times or the social structure. It doesn't believe there's magic in true love, either. That makes it a true movie rarity: a brutally honest romance. If you loved Sleepless in Seattle, you'll just hate...
Starting new channels has never been easy, but CBS's much belated entry into the cable sweepstakes, which debuts this week, is facing tougher odds than most. The network, to a great extent, has only itself to blame. While its broadcast rivals were busily getting into the cable business (ABC with ESPN; NBC with CNBC and America's Talking; Fox with FX and the Fox News Channel), CBS sat on its hands--or rather, on chairman Laurence Tisch's tight fists. That finally changed in 1995, when the company was sold to Westinghouse, which already owned a piece...