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Frustrated by the slow pace of civil rights and the relentless spread of AIDS, activists adopt a fierce tactic to expose closeted gay politicians and clergy who obstruct the movement...
...caveat to the protesters, however. Even human rights violators have the right to free speech. Trying to obstruct that right will only make you look bad--giving him the moral high ground by default...
...thought Garbage Can Kids were disgusting, get ready to gag again. One of the hottest new novelty candies is Boogers, a gummy-type, fruit-flavored candy shaped like -- you guessed it -- the blobs that obstruct nasal passages. Since its introduction last year, the gross-out confection has grossed $2 million in sales (cost: 40 cents a pack). "It's the most successful introduction we've ever had," says John Sullivan of Confex, in Shrewsbury, N.J., which distributes Boogers. "It's quite a good candy," he unapologetically insists...
...demands may be amorphous, but there can be no doubt about the passion, as evidenced by the willingness of ordinary people to obstruct tanks and of hunger strikers to court death. If anything, the absence of an ideology with specific long-range aims indicates just how powerful is the public revulsion at the party and the entire status quo. The immediate reasons for the discontent -- the government's condescending treatment of the student demonstrators and its general repressiveness -- are clear. But the anger also stems from the less political aspects of everyday life. Economically and socially, China is experiencing many...
Caperton owes much of his success to his personal style. While Moore tended to be aloof and adversarial with legislators, Caperton has invited Democrats and Republicans alike to the mansion for pizza after a long day spent on his agenda. At first, some Republicans wanted to obstruct the Caperton juggernaut, but the G.O.P., outflanked and outnumbered 4 to 1, had little choice but to go along. "Whichever side you were on," says house minority leader Bob Burk, "you realized we had to do something about the fiscal integrity of the state...