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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Before the Revolution, women in Cuba were doubly oppressed, according to Figueroa, one of two women in the group and the most vocal of the five. Women in pre-revolutionary Cuba were kept down both because of the social regime and because of their gender. Figueroa said: "Sexual discrimination limited women in society in all aspects-the legal system and the educational system, as well as the mass media, which saw women primarily as a market to increase their capital. Women were taught to occupy themselves with beauty....The whole culture, if we can call this culture, discriminated against them...
Gays are asserting, ever more strongly, that "Gay Right are Human Rights." Ten per cent of the population can not be silenced or kept down any longer. It is encouraging to see a piece like this in the Crimson. --Kevin M. Cathcart
...proposed Cairo summit publicly. One reason: despite some earlier evidence to the contrary, Saudi officials insist that they were not consulted beforehand about Sadat's trip to Jerusalem. After all, a Jeddah businessman observed, "before going into a major venture you should always consult your banker." Sadat kept quiet and simply gambled that his credit would still be good...
...Janet Baker, Tenor Eric Tappy, Baritone Thomas Allen, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis conductor, Philips; 2 LPs). Just as he could roar thunderously in the Te Deum, so Berlioz could write with reverent calm in this exquisite tapestry on the early events in Jesus' life. The music is kept deliberately simple by a chamberistic use of the orchestra and frequent resort to medieval modes and other archaic devices. Yet how fresh, urgent and devoted the result, notably in the central section-The Flight into Egypt. Continuing his pioneering Berlioz cycle, Colin Davis achieves one of his grandest accomplishments...
...lack of a significant rise in the female orgasmic rate puzzles Pietropinto and Simenauer, who note that the majority of Kinsey's men reached orgasm within two minutes, while most males now purposely prolong intercourse. "The improvement in female orgasmic response," they conclude, "has not kept pace with the increased duration of the sex act and men's increasing interest in bringing partners to orgasm...