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Critics of homosexuality admit it may be as personally fulfilling as heterosexuality. But they claim it is socially undesirable because the gay lifestyle precludes the joy of the family and undermines a social structure based on the family unit. Homosexuality should thus be discouraged lest it entice any honest heterosexuals...

Author: By Nathan S. Szanton, | Title: When Your Best Friend Tells You He's Gay | 2/12/1981 | See Source »

The special team of prosecutors accused her of a multitude of crimes. Among other offenses, they charged, she had slandered Vice Chairman Deng, incited Red Guards to persecute her enemies in the Cultural Revolution and ordered bands of hired thugs to ransack the homes of former colleagues in the Shanghai...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: A Leader's Rise, a Widow's Fall | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

In one stormy session last week Jiang was charged with inciting her followers to persecute several well-known writers and a government official, Coal Mining Minister Zhang Linzhi, who died in early 1967 after being beaten by Red Guards. Jiang not only denied the acts but, at one point, angrily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: The Tearing Down of an Idol | 1/5/1981 | See Source »

Doe spoke last week of seeking good relations with all "peace-loving nations," and ended his speeches with the P.P.P. opposition slogan, "In the cause of the people, the struggle continues." Western diplomats believe his coup was motivated primarily by resentment against the long-dominant settler community. But Doe has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIBERIA: After the Takeover, Revenge | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

Revolting and nauseating are the actions against the Vietnamese refugees [Sept. 10]. Why persecute those willing to work long hours and do without so-called necessities in order to get off welfare quickly and not be dependent? Would that many of our citizens were as courageous and independent.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 1, 1979 | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

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