Word: matthew
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This appreciation that life is complicated and people are funny has burst on our politics in other ways that most seers, professional and amateur, failed to predict. Tolerance of gays is an example. Despite horrible episodes like this year's torture-murder of Matthew Shepard, the general public is clearly losing patience with homophobia. Even the most obviously prejudiced politician or anti-gay political activist now feels obliged to deny any anti-gay bias, even when demonstrating one. It would be nice if this was because people concluded that gays are perfectly normal. But it's even better if people...
...produced the stories of welfare-to-work programs and a beginning of a redefinition of the welfare state. Baby boomers turned toward religion. Increasingly the country turned away from gay bashing and other low-life thinking, as was indicated by the national revulsion at the beating to death of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyo. No one was more repelled by the truck-dragging murder of James Byrd Jr., a black man in Jasper, Texas, than Texans themselves...
...your choice of builder William Levitt and Levittown's clone houses. Similar suburban developments have resulted in the paving over of thousands of acres of farmland and forest. These people were not visionaries; they were opportunists who diminished the American quality of life while enhancing their own personal wealth. MATTHEW D. MORAN Conway...
...SWAN LAKE You mean, the swans were once played by women? That's an understandable reaction to Matthew Bourne's acclaimed version of the ballet, with an all- male corps of swans. It's no cross-dressing stunt but a visually luscious and dramatically convincing reinterpretation. Will the Tonys notice...
...poll. On December 11, TIME magazine (TIME Digital's editorial parent) invited visitors to vote for the Man of the Year at its web site. Voters were allowed to write in any name they wanted to. One contingent, which included many members of the gay community, was pulling for Matthew Shepard, the gay college student from Wyoming who was murdered last October. Another major bloc was backing pro wrestler Mick Foley. Before long the two were neck and neck for the lead...