Word: buts
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But even some ACT UP members felt that breaking up a religious service was going too far. "What happened inside the church is unfortunate," concedes ACT UP spokesman Blotcher. "It weakened our position somewhat." Indeed, the St. Patrick's invasion turned off New York politicians long sympathetic to gay causes...
But the revolutions of 1848 failed. The leaders of the uprisings fell out among themselves, and the forces of conservatism managed to regain control. Autocrats in Austria and Prussia revoked constitutions they had granted under popular pressure, and Bonaparte's flamboyant nephew, Louis Napoleon, became dictator of France.
There are, however, important and auspicious differences between 1848 and 1989. In 1848 multinational empires dominated Europe. The revolutionaries wanted to dismember them, but could not agree on where the new boundaries should be drawn. Such questions as how far Germany should extend and whether there should be an independent...
Many overseas visitors voice such plaints about U.S. football. But few change their opinions as totally as Okoye. Last week the Nigerian-born fullback, 6 ft. 112 in., 260 lbs., led the charge as the N.F.L.'s Kansas City Chiefs hobbled the Green Bay Packers 23-3. Capitalizing on his...
Unusual turns of happenstance conspired to lure the self-effacing Okoye away from the dusty city of Enugu in eastern Nigeria. Son of a onetime army officer, Okoye originally yearned for a soccer career. "It was soccer, soccer, soccer through elementary and high school," he recalls, "but as I grew...