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...closet. But according to the Williams Institute, a gay think tank at UCLA, Dallas has the ninth largest concentration of same-sex couples in the nation. As the Dallas visitors bureau gurgles, "[Dallas] has left behind stereotypes of big-haired women and rowdy cowboys--that is, unless you count sassy drag queens and strapping gay rodeo champs...
...Those who enjoy blowing horns must also enjoy blowing each other, as the average count for the Harvard band was 86—the highest of any club...
Among women’s sports, representation was relatively lower according to The Crimson’s unofficial count, in keeping with national trends. The female team with the highest percentage of African-Americans proved to be basketball, at 16.7 percent—compared to a 43.7 percent national average—while fencing ranked second at 15.4 percent. This data suggests that there are less than twenty female African-American athletes on campus, in total...
...Which side of that equation will count more over time? "Foreign affairs," Reynie states with a laugh. "The economy may be what the average French person will complain about on any given day, but defending the grandeur of France is always what he will base a President's record on in the long...
...Cooke has also given the government headaches. The case, which consists of three counts against Padilla and his co-defendants for "conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim" and give "material support" to terrorist activity, "is very light on the facts," she told prosecutors during a pre-trial hearing last summer. Just as significant, Cooke threw out the "conspiracy to murder" count because, she ruled, it duplicated the conspiracy mentioned in the two other counts. Her decision would have eliminated the possibility of a life sentence, leaving a maximum of 15 years in prison for each defendant, had it not been...