Word: factly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact that we don't publicize it [the drug problem] as a city makes it easy for people to come here and do their stuff," said Councillor Saundra M. Graham. "I think you now need to talk about whether the National Guard or some other drug enforcement agency should be called in to help you combat this problem...
Regrettably, both Defeat Homophobia and the majority opinion downplay the fact that the gay student may have indeed been "pushing too hard" in asking the other man to dance--by allegedly stroking his lower back and feeling his buttocks. The reaction to the gay student's advances, the claim is, was fueled primarily by the widespread homophobia that exists on campus...
True, we do not know for a fact whether the gay student did physically harass the other individual, but this is the point. How can one at this point attribute the reaction wholly or at least primarily to homophobia when it is distinctly possible that...
Homophobia exists on campus to be sure--as the scribbled message "Harvard faggots die" indicates. However, to use this to brand the Harvard/Radcliffe heterosexual community as overwhelmingly intolerant is making the tempting mistake of calling the whole bushel rotten because of a few rotten apples. The fact is that Harvard is overwhelmingly tolerant...
Episode Three: (January 1989, Winthrop House dining hall, lunch). A pretty cold day, so I opt for the clam chowder. Wrong move. As I go to open my package of S.S. Pierce Saltines my friend points out the very appetizing fact that it has little rat-sized bite marks. I give the crackers to the dining hall checker who promises to bring it to the attention of the proper persons...