Word: kinships
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...because they are particularly fervent Christians. Instead, they were there because they find something empty about gay culture--a feeling that Exodus exploits with frequent declamations about gays' supposed promiscuity and intemperance. "I'm just not attracted to the gay lifestyle, toward gay people--I've never felt a kinship with them," says Manuel Lopez, a lapsed Catholic and University of Chicago grad student who went to the Exodus meeting. "There's a certain superficiality in gay attachments--musicals, fashion ... I do think it's a happier life being straight...
...national anthem and to emphasize their membership of One Country over their enjoyment of the freer of Two Systems? The most attractive aspect of Hong Kong is precisely that it is so different from the rest of China. Vive la Diff?rence! Hong Kong should stop wanting to feel more kinship with the likes of Wuhan and Chongqing. Its leaders should stop stressing cultural and racial homogeneity and instead celebrate the roles of Nepalis, Americans, Filipinos, Malaysians, Nigerians and, yes, British in making Hong Kong what...
...9/11 set box-office records and the filmmaker appeared on the cover of TIME. A trend that's equally worthy of celebrating is the democratization of the documentary, thanks to digital camcorders and the idealistic urge of citizens to tell a story. As journalists, we at TIME feel a kinship with such filmmakers and decided this year to lend our name and support to the documentaries in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival. Now in its fourth year, the fast-growing festival, held in downtown Manhattan, screened more than 250 films of all kinds from 45 countries and sold...
...tempting to speculate, especially since writer-director Rebecca Miller is so quick to deflect the subject, that Jack could embody some aspect of her father Arthur. Tempting but fruitless, since the real kinship is with the work of another playwright, dead nearly 500 years. Jack is a blend of Prospero, lord of his fantasy island, and Lear, the mad king with a loving daughter. Rose is his Miranda, his Cordelia...
...influence, and whose leaders enjoy historic ties with Iran. Jaafari's Dawa party, like the SCIRI, spent its exile years based largely in Iran, and while their leaders are careful to distinguish themselves from the Iranian approach to involving the clergy in politics, they nonetheless express a strong kinship with the Iranians. Even the Kurdish presidential nominee, Jalal Talabani, has historically enjoyed good relations with Tehran. While the new government in Iraq is unlikely to mimic Iran's theocracy, it is likely to assume a foreign policy posture of friendship and cooperation with its Persian neighbor - and is unlikely...