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WASHINGTON: They say a gentleman never tells -- and although that bit about the cigar raises questions about whether Bill Clinton is a gentleman, the legal impact of the Ken Starr's 445-page introductory report may hinge on whether Congress interprets the President's non-sexual behavior as manly discretion or what Ken Starr calls, over and over, obstruction...
Pardon me then when I was disturbed to learn that one of Peoria's most famous and accepted social institutions is a strip club. Big Al's, a "world-famous gentleman's club" located in the middle of downtown, features "the world's most beautiful women," fine cigars, cognac, a lunchtime buffet and Wednesday night wet T-shirt contests...
...care what the managers told you," said one of my fellow interns who is normally pretty mild-mannered. "We're not here to be part of a gentleman's club. We're here to see naked women...
Neither manager could respond to my concern, voiced as a feminist, that a strip club undermines any progress our society has made toward gender equality over the last 30 years. Or that the very use of the term "gentleman's club" is a return to an era that most women would rather leave behind...
...section about Dalton, Ga., the "Carpet Capital," described how the city recruited Mexican teachers in order to attract Mexican workers. I found the condescending manner of some Dalton residents outrageous. You quoted an elderly Southern gentleman as saying, "I know these [Mexican] children are here to stay--as butchers, Realtors, car salesmen, physicians." Of course, the "physicians" remark was gratuitous. This man's attitude only reflects the fact that while the Hispanic population in the U.S. may be growing, our children are destined only to service the country's middle class unless they are better educated. KAREN SILVA Miami...