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...contradict myself (i do not, but i do; and doing...
This may seem to contradict the main thesis, but Gay is not one of those little minds bothered by the hobgoblins of foolish consistency. And the Victorians were themselves contradictory. What other age could produce such an exemplar of pious perversity as Charles Kingsley, author of The Water-Babies and chaplain to Queen Victoria herself? Even before he became engaged to young Fanny Grenfell, Kingsley wrote letters to her that were full of erotic imaginings: "A wanton tongue--yet chaste & holy, stole between my lips! What were you doing?--You were secretly kissing me." Yet whenever he felt that...
...actual internships currently listed as`available' contradict the stated goals of theprogram," concludes the 48-page SASC report. Theactivists charge that these organizations do notserve the Black majority because they are eitherpredominately white private schools or wouldinvolve Harvard students in bolstering SouthAfrica's illegal occupation of Namibia...
...sparring between Volz and Edwards was at times hotter than a dash of Tabasco. "You issued subpoenas by the sackload, and we hauled documents in here by the truckload," the Governor bristled, "and you have not produced a single witness or a solitary piece of evidence to contradict what I've said!" When Volz harped on Edwards' omission of the hospital deals on two financial disclosure forms, the Governor claimed that he had simply failed to mention it to his accountant. "So you forgot!" thundered Volz. "I didn't forget," said Edwards. "That implies a conscious attempt to remember...
Martens' victory appeared to contradict recent opinion polls showing that as many as three-quarters of all Belgians, especially young leftist voters, are opposed to the cruise-missile deployment. In the end, however, domestic concerns appeared to take precedence, with voters choosing to continue Martens' program of curbing government spending and phasing out inefficient industries...