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Laura plays fast and loose with pseudoclinical rhetoric and nonempirical statistics (mostly from political rather than credible medical sources) to portray lesbians and gays as, well, "biological errors." The fact that she is not medically qualified to make such claims is dodged by her "deeply felt religious perspectives." She not only seems unable to choose whether to espouse science or faith but also mixes an indefensible concoction of both and passes it off as truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Counterpoint | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

...Laura plays fast and loose with pseudoclinical rhetoric and nonempirical statistics (mostly from political rather than credible medical sources) to portray lesbians and gays as, well, "biological errors." The fact that she is not medically qualified to make such claims is dodged by her "deeply felt religious perspectives." She not only seems unable to choose whether to espouse science or faith but also mixes an indefensible concoction of both and passes it off as truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letter: A Gay and Lesbian Organization Responds to Dr. Laura | 7/9/2000 | See Source »

...other novels, The Coming of the Rain , Bound for the Promised Land and After the War, portray individuals interacting with major historical events between 1850 and 1950. They are all set in Marius' native Tennessee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Memoriam | 6/8/2000 | See Source »

...Grogan says City Council meetings portray the University in an almost entirely negative light...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Splintered Partnership: Harvard, City Spar Publicly | 6/8/2000 | See Source »

...Picking up the part from JAKE LLOYD, who starred in Episode 1, Christensen will, over the course of the next two films, become involved with Queen Amidala, played by Natalie Portman, and his character will eventually devolve into the ponderously breathing, funereally attired Darth Vader. "It's awesome to portray a character who becomes Vader," says Christensen. "I'm getting ready to go to the dark side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 22, 2000 | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

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