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Nathaniel Bray...
...rural state like Vermont, Bernie Sanders carries heavy political baggage. His native Brooklyn bray grates on Yankee ears. Worse yet, he is a socialist. And he struck out in previous tries at statewide office. Yet the four-term former mayor of Burlington last week was elected the first independent Congressman in decades. Why? While Sanders rails raucously against huge corporations and tax breaks for the wealthy, Vermonters finally realized that his revolutionary bark has little bite. He ran Burlington efficiently, pushing nothing much more radical than a decree that 10% of all city-funded trade jobs go to women. Also...
...according to a Consumer Reports study, the seal of approval given by the Juvenile Products Manufacturing Association may be less than meets the eye. When the magazine tested 22 high chairs bearing the sticker, several of them failed to meet safety standards set by the association. Says Maura Bray, spokeswoman for the JPMA: "We still are investigating that claim. If there is a problem, I can guarantee it will be reconciled -- quickly...
...states to ban homosexual sodomy, and since then, gay and civil rights activists have been fighting the increasing number of prosecutions. Nor are sodomy laws exclusively aimed at gays; heterosexual sodomy is deemed an impermissible act in 18 states. "These laws criminalize our private lives and relationships," says Robert Bray of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. "And if it isn't 10 toes up and 10 toes down, heterosexuals risk going to jail...
These dollars, according to Kathy Bray-Stazinski, Facilities Superintendent of first-year dormitories, flow into a "Facilities Fund for cosmetic and practical repairs of buildings...