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...that has been overlooked and unenforced. As recently as 2000, the FDA—with the support of the Red Cross—renewed this rule, despite the urgings of nearly half of America’s blood banks, which lobbied for a change that would set an equal standard for gay men as for any other donors...
...detail in his biography of Martin Luther King, I May Not Get There With You: “Conservatives must be applauded for their perverse ingenuity in coopting King’s legacy and the rhetoric of the civil rights movement…Now terms like “equal playing field,” “racial justice,” “equal opportunity,” and, most ominous, “color-blind” drip from the lips of formerly stalwart segregationist politicians…and intellectually hired guns.” Similarly...
Each year the French government hands out a prime de Noël, or Christmas bonus, to the unemployed and poor - a gift that will equal €310 million in 2002. But this year French Industry Minister J. Nicole Fontaine (pictured) decided to back a matching gift - some €300 million over two years - to young "innovative" companies. To stimulate the economy, the state - known for exorbitant corporate taxes and social charges - says it wants to cultivate firms that have been around for eight years or less and that invest at least 15% of their budgets in research and development...
...experiencing visions, Caodaism now has almost 6 million adherents, who communicate with spirits via s?ances. Communist leaders replaced the church's ruling hierarchy with a government-supervised council after the fall of Saigon in 1975, but the faith endures for millions of Vietnamese. "God teaches us that everyone is equal and there are many paths," says Doan Tuong Minh, 77, who has followed Caodaism since she was 18. "If you open your heart, your third eye will open, and God will give you peace." In the halls of the Holy See, it seems to make sense. Then again, maybe...
...traditional litany of demands only to find themselves heckled by younger women who exclaimed “How progressive is subsidized childcare if it means that I hire some poor immigrant woman and pay her less than I earn at my job?” or “Equal representation in Parliament is rubbish; any woman sitting as MP will sell us out anyway; look at Thatcher!” But though heated, the arguments lacked rancor, and all the nationalities and ideologies seemed strangely united by the vibrancy and possibility of the moment...