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Town Manager Kenneth Knight determined that the municipal code prohibited only the display of genitalia or the committing of sexual acts in public. Because breasts are not technically genitalia, and mowing the lawn is not technically a sexual act, Thompson's pleas for justice were rebuffed (no pun intended...
...need for civic journalism in state politics arises from the decreased coverage of state politics by major news organizations such as Gannett and Knight Ridder, Fouhy said. More and more newspapers are passing from local to corporate ownership, he said...
...totally at home. But at a studio, surrounded by other experts who all have their contributions to make, I used to feel a terrible pressure as the person in front of the camera." And it didn't absolutely help that Sir Ian is gay--Britain's first openly homosexual knight...
...worked hard to ensure that his titled status would not cow his colleagues. "I mean, hell, going to work with a damn knight!" says Renfro, 16. "I didn't know what to expect. But he's a genuine guy, easygoing, totally cool." Fraser, 29, who calls McKellen "the best-kept secret in the film world," was surprised at Sir Ian's bounding vim. "He eats everything he wants and has the energy of a 20-year-old." McKellen was robust enough to endure eight hours as a corpse in a pool, wearing a rubber wetsuit under a heavy tweed outfit...
What Zemsky wants to know is this: What does a degree from Harvard, Hamilton or Humboldt State get you in life? Is it worth the investment? To test his methodology, Zemsky identified seven market segments and recruited 15 institutions--members of the 160-campus Knight Collaborative--that spread across all seven. He had them survey their class-of-1992 graduates six years out of college. Over the course of nine months, the participating schools were able to get a 48% response rate...