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Jeanne further associates several of my behavioral quirks as being peculiar to Seattlites. These include the obvious ones: whining about bad coffee, profound distrust of the sun and general contempt for everything east of the Rockies. But chief among my eccentricities is one that, as far as I know, has no direct cultural link to growing up in a place where the skies are cloudy all day--the way I vote...
...urge all members of the Harvard-Radcliffecommunity to recognize the hurtfulness and thepatronizing contempt inherent in ProfessorManfield's remarks," the letter said...
...court which recently gave rein to Mansfield's freedom of speech will guarantee an equally vital freedom, the freedom to love one another without fear, to a ten percent segment of the population. We urge all members of the Harvard-Radcliffe community to recognize the hurtfulness and the patronizing contempt inherent in professor Mansfield's remarks. And we extend an open invitation to Harvey Mansfield to attend any one of our meetings, in order to learn about queer lifestyles and disabuse himself of the erroneous and harmful prejudices he has made it clear he harbors. Robert E. Giannino '95 Dennis...
Nothing like two years of unremitting public contempt to throw a wet blanket on a party. The 36th convention of the Tailhook Association, the Navy and Marine Corps carrier pilots society, took place in San Diego last weekend, and it was a somewhat more low-key gathering than the bacchanalian riot that occurred the last time the organization met, two years ago in Las Vegas. Back then, the attendees sexually assaulted dozens of women, and their behavior resulted in 40 disciplinary actions, 11 court-martial investigations, the resignation of a Navy Secretary, the near firing of the Navy...
...still in place eight months after he declared it unconstitutional. He has instructed Defense Secretary Les Aspin, along with the Secretary of the Navy and the commanding officer of a Bay Area naval air station, to explain themselves in a court hearing this week or be held in contempt...