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...clash between supporters and opponents of gay rights has produced a frustrating dilemma for me--and probably for a lot of other curious spectators too. As a heterosexual who sympathizes with the plight of gays in America, I am embarrassed by the sophomoric and sometimes downright sadistic campaign against them launched by my fellow right-wingers. At the same time, I am similarly repelled by the antics and outrages of the Gay Left that, I fear, will ultimately doom the entire movement...
...angry with the behavior of people in this country," says Stuart Winby, manager of Hewlett-Packard's Factory-of-the- Future program. "Those kinds of values are just empty. I'm really sated with gadgets, things, adornments and all that stuff." Many people were awakened by individual experience: the plight of a homeless neighbor, the collapse of a bank, a friend's job loss...
...plight of Iraqis who lived in Kuwait before the war and who are now trying to return to Kuwait is even more desperate. Men, women and children are encamped near the border highway. U.S. soldiers have given them rations, but they have no water. On a cold, rainy night last week, the Iraqis huddled around campfires. The horizon was lit by the flames of the burning oil fields. In her tattooed hands, Fadiyah Saad held her new granddaughter, born by the roadside on March 5. The family was debating whether to name the child Hudud (borders) or Istiqlal (independence...
Many Arabs and, more generally, many Muslims identify with Saddam Hussein precisely because he is losing on what they see as a heroic, even mythic scale. For them, his plight is a symbol of their own victimization by the rich and powerful nations of the world. No matter how and when the war ends, Islamic rage already threatens the stability of traditionally pro-Western regimes from Morocco to Jordan to Pakistan. Blunting that trend is more important than seeing Saddam get what he deserves...
...Class of '94 need not fear--the Undergraduate Council is on its way. This week, the council passed a bill intended to ease the plight of first-year students unsure of their rooming futures...