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...time a space could be found large enough to contain the majority of the panels. I didn't go, out of laziness and some vile sense of been-there-seen-that. I can't imagine a world without AIDS. Gay people have been marked, although I disagree with neo-con gay activists who claim that AIDS has taught gay people responsibility, as if, prior to the plague, homos were all shiftless and madcap. What AIDS has done is to make gay death terrifyingly ordinary. And yes, I know that the vast majority of people with AIDS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NOW IT'S AIDS INC. | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

...wife Judy live on a wooded lane in a $450,000 house replete with circular drive and three-car garage. Their son James played some professional football; daughter Stacy Zehren is a lawyer in Chicago. Still, if the Roseville police are to be believed, the Dicks paid ex-con Thomas to do their holiday lifting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEY DIDN'T PAY RETAIL | 12/23/1996 | See Source »

...thrilled that he has accepted this position and that we can con- tinue to maintain a fruitful association with him," she added...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Heaney Accepts New Post | 12/17/1996 | See Source »

...broadway classic "The Music Man," a slick con-artist arrives in the small midwestern town of River City and proceeds to convince the populace that they are facing an impending explosion of juvenile delinquency. The cause--a new pool hall that's just opened. The con-man tells the townspeople that the only way to save their children is to enroll them in a wholesome activity--a marching band--and then sells them expensive uniforms and instruments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Quincy Witch Hunt | 12/13/1996 | See Source »

...referendum is completely invalid [if the other position paper is not inserted]. I would feel the same way if only the con side was up," said Sam Spital...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rawlins Wins Council Presidency Easily | 12/12/1996 | See Source »

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