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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While emotional fallout from Shepard's death was the impetus for the gathering, its hosts stressed that their main goal was to foster open discussion on any and all pertinent subjects...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Adams Vigil Honors Hate Crime Victim | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

...dark troll dolls crowd the long brown folding tables that fill the yellowing walls of the church cafeteria. The scents of stale cigarette smoke and Aqua Net periodically waft into the crowded room as peddlers in blue aprons circulate selling instant Lotto cards. All eyes gaze up at the main stage where numbers dance around the monstrous Bingo Board. The hypnotizing pop of the gyrating bingo balls is only broken by the clickity-clack of chips flying across the players' boards as each selected number is called out over the inaudible PA system...

Author: By Ariel B. Osceola, | Title: for the moment | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

Nicholson's main topic was the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud. Nicholson read selections from her writings on the connections between physical differences and the individual's psyche. Nicholson spoke mainly about the views on this topic in the late 18th and early 19th centuries...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nicholson Addresses Freudian Theories | 10/21/1998 | See Source »

With negotiations stalled and the sides far apart on the main economic issues, the ruling clearly strengthened the owners' bargaining position by removing the prospect of them being forced to pay more than $700 million in salaries to the players they have barred from work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Feerick Rules in Favor of Owners | 10/20/1998 | See Source »

Farooq was the first elected chair of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a coalition of more than 20 different organizations who want to end Indian occupation and who want the self-determination of Kashmir. Though he is no longer chair, he still serves as a main representative to the conference...

Author: By Katherine S. Currie, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kashmir Religious Leader Pushes Self-Determination | 10/20/1998 | See Source »

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