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While the Stonewall riots are clearly seen asholding immense symbolic significance, the writersargue that this significance appears in partbecause the riots are seen as a creation myth anda rallying point of the queer fight for civilrights. We must, however, never forget theimportance of the history that broke the groundfor the organization of the 1970s. Warning ofdangers to gay civil rights--in the last twentyyears influential Republicans like PatrickBuchanan, Jesse Helms and Newt Gingrich havespoken against homosexuality--the authors manageto convey the importance of the organizationalstructure established through the efforts of thepre-Stonewall activists and which became empoweredby the riots...

Author: By Roman Altshuler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coming Out Into the Light | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

While election turnout was expected to be low without a Senate or presidential race, it nearly broke records...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Democrats Hold On | 11/4/1998 | See Source »

Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, Penn (5-2, 3-1) broke out to an early 21-0 lead en route to defeating Yale (3-4, 2-2) by a final of 34-20. The Quakers came back strong from a tough 58-51 loss at the hands of Brown last week to tame the pesky Bulldogs...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IVY LEAGUE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP | 11/4/1998 | See Source »

...campaign broke down the district's sections into manageable pieces, with field workers and volunteers moving through each...

Author: By Stephanie K. Clifford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bay State Readies Ballot Boxes | 11/3/1998 | See Source »

...build another, often a replica of the first. Like many people, I have always looked upon Clinton as a man capable of creating the grandest house on the block, and equally capable of setting it ablaze. He has arson in his blood. After the Gennifer Flowers story broke six years ago, a friend of mine offered good odds that Clinton would not make it through his term or terms without being badly burned by a sex scandal. There were no takers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Regarding the Haunted House | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

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