Word: factly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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AFTER an incident of alleged harassment of a homosexual, Defeat Homophobia staged a kiss-in two weeks ago during dinner in the Mather House dining hall. The incident and the kiss-in have provoked widespread debate in Mather House and throughout the Harvard community, which has in fact proved what Defeat Homophobia expected it would--that a great deal of prejudice against homosexuals exists on this campus...
Students also protested the kiss-in as offensive to those members of the community who were not ready to be confronted with such a graphic display of homosexuality. But the kiss-in in fact clearly showed the limits of most students' allegiance to the cause of tolerance for another way of life...
...actions against U.S interests." While it was the strongest statement thus far from anyone in the Government, there was little more that the Administration could do. The U.S. had no diplomatic pawns to move, nor had it ever ended the trade embargo imposed on Iran in 1979. In fact, the Bush Administration seemed to be acting with considerable restraint, perhaps to protect the nine American hostages still in the hands of fanatic Muslims linked to Iran. Much of the week's most vocal outrage came from writers and publishers, who belatedly rallied to Rushdie's defense. Not a word...
Even worse in Khomeini's eyes was the fact that the liberals had spoken cravenly against some of the clerical regime's previous policies, including its obstinate prosecution of a war that cost Iran an estimated 350,000 lives. In case anyone doubted his aims, Khomeini told the clerics, "As long as I am here, I will not let the government fall into the hands of the liberals. As long as I am alive, I will never stop cutting off the hands of agents of the U.S. and the Soviet Union...
...children who refuse to finish their spinach or salad. Invariably, the parental argument is: "Eat it. It's good for you." This week a new study charges that all too often what is on the plate or in the glass may not be good for you at all. In fact, reports the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), an environmental group based in New York City, farm produce sold in U.S. supermarkets and greengroceries may contain so much pesticide that it poses a serious hazard to the health of the nation's 22 million preschoolers...