Word: closers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Before closing, I would like to do what damage I could to two mythological beliefs about gay people. One is that your heterosexual body will be attacked by the crazed homosexual if you allow yourself to be in his presence. Your body will be closer to sacrosanct. The other myth is that beautiful women or handsome men are never homosexual or gay. This is not only false but implies that there is a genetic determination behind homosexuality, an assumption equally as false. If the reader can put these two myths behind her/him and all of the others as well, she/he...
...year in Washington, if I cannot get a fair hearing for my views, then I do not deserve to be in my job." Moreover, it is questionable whether Rumsfeld has the intellectual capacity to compete with Kissinger in debate. But "Rummy" enjoys Ford's full confidence and is much closer to him personally than Kissinger is. Thus, Rumsfeld may well be a powerful and effective rival, particularly if Ford allows election-year politics?on which Rumsfeld is most expert?to influence foreign policy...
...defense, U.S. allies and adversaries were confused about what the changes would mean. Though the Soviets have often criticized Schlesinger as an ugly American, Moscow reacted cautiously to his ouster, because Rumsfeld is virtually unknown to them. In contrast, the Chinese officials feared that Schlesinger's firing could produce closer ties between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. Now they may want to assess the impact of the Cabinet shuffle before confirming that Ford's China trip will take place as scheduled in early December...
Throughout the next week, Franco alternately rallied and faded closer to death. Then last week the doctors decided to act. With no choice and hoping that el Caudillo was strong enough to withstand surgery, they had him wheeled from his bedroom to the infirmary of his personal guard's barracks, 200 yards from the palace, for an attempt to halt the massive internal hemorrhaging. In a three-hour operation, Dr. Manuel Hidalgo Huerta, an old friend, removed one bleeding ulcer from the wall of Franco's stomach and tied a large gastric artery that carries blood...
...Sunshine Boys, maybe vaudeville's most famous comedy team, have been officially split up for eleven years. Willy Clark (Walter Matthau) ascribes the mutual animosity to "artistic differences." Self-preservation might be closer to the mark...