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...gays and lesbians can be as romantic as anyone else. Some researchers speculate that homosexuality results from a biochemical anomaly that occurs during fetal development. But that doesn't make romance among gays any less real. "That they direct this love toward their own sex," says Walsh, "does not diminish the value of that love one iota...
...president is traditionally the first officer chosen by the Review. The other officers are to be elected over the next week, according to Nguyen. That selection process has been changed to diminish the president's power in choosing officers, after last spring's troubles...
Those efforts may already be underway. The new Review president will be elected February 7, followed by elections of the other officers. Traditionally, the new president has significant discretion in the selection of his or her officers, but next year's officers have already chosen to diminish their president's role in this regard...
...revelations of Morton's book and the Dianagate tape have done nothing to diminish her enormous public appeal. Some recent polls rank her as the family's most popular member. No wonder then that she is not at all daunted by a solo life if that is to be her fate. "After all," says broadcaster and veteran royal biographer Penny Junor, "she's been orchestrating events." Her confidence is such that on her Paris trip, though she has only patchy, schoolgirl French, she did not hesitate to use it -- no mean attainment, since the French have a way of intimidating...
...more favorably than Blacks or Hispanics because they are the objects of white racist love, while Blacks and Hispanics are the objects of white racist hate. To serve as an object of white racist love is to act as a foil to troublesome minorities, particularly Blacks, in order to diminish the validity of calls for greater social equality. Choi's article furthers this cause by promoting a "favorable" image of Asians, based on misleading standards like SAT scores...