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...magazine. "But as a primer for people who are new to the issue, it is pretty effective." Tony Kushner, author of the Pulitzer prize-winning play Angels in America, believes the film has strong lessons for the straight majority. "It tells them, If you are going to be a decent human being, you can't just casually despise a huge segment of the human race. And if you are going to address AIDS, you are going to have to address homophobia...
...name of the game is to persuade people that Weld's tax cuts aren't worth it and that we should take the increasing tax revenue and reinvest it for decent programs," Barrett says. "That is $700 million for this fiscal year...
...Brooks, in I'll Do Anything and his other work, is decency; it defines the goal and the pain of most of those smart, middle-class folks he writes about from the inside. "Every character is struggling toward decency," says Brooks, "except for Matt, who is struggling to stay decent. That's a hard road for a lot of us in Hollywood. And not just out here, I would imagine. This is a tough time to be absolutely certain about moral truths. We have to be careful about what makes us feel good about ourselves. Saying 'Good morning...
...just sex. Las Vegans are even ambivalent about gambling. Political discourse often revolves around keeping casinos away from decent people's homes. The promotional video produced by the Nevada Development Authority makes no mention at all of casinos. Even when a casino is a part of a new development, it is described as something else. Jack Sommer's Mountain Spa, the posh pseudo-Mediterranean resort about to start construction, will have a small "European-style" casino. But, says Sommer, "it's not really a casino. I call it a gaming amenity...
...esoteric subjects during the election campaign, Zhirinovsky held regular Saturday- afternoon street-corner rallies drawing crowds that numbered in the thousands. For every constituency, he designed a tailor-made message. The military received pledges of a resurrected and expanded Russian Empire. Fixed- income pensioners and students were promised a decent standard of living. Crime-weary citizens were assured that gang leaders would be executed. Meanwhile, foreigners were offered up as scapegoats, and Jews were blamed for provoking anti-Semitism...