Word: nevers
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...century. Despite repeated entreaties from the Centers for Disease Control, Reagan adamantly refused to discuss the epidemic or permit any of his public health officials to do so. Implicit here was the perception that these people--gay men, intravenous drug users and immigrants (though of course the victims were never limited to these groups)--were acceptable victims. Their deaths, for Reagan, constituted a national cleansing...
...During the question-and-answer period, Ellis, Mauer and the crowd came down heavily upon Lungren's views, with Ellis claiming that "punishment will never be effective in the long term" and that "we are mortgaging our futures" with current prison policies...
...just spend all your time reacting, you'll never get anywhere," he said...
Lesson 2: The gas works, too. So much here comes with extra padding, like the "pugil sticks" (think of those Q-Tip-like things on "American Gladiators"), or dull edges, like our bayonets - that our guard was somewhat lowered. If you've never been forcefully dispersed by the authorities with this stuff, here's a rundown: It's a lungful of bleach and a faceful of Tabasco...
...that it's our indisputable right to uncover as much as we can. And in the current, vaguely McCarthy-esque era of the public "right to know," we can rest assured that someone like FDR - whose physical health was in sharp decline and whose marriage was tortured - will probably never again make it past the New Hampshire primaries...