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...most Americans already know by now, not only does DeGeneres boast this particular bedroom proclivity, but in the coming weeks her TV alter ego--conveniently named Ellen--will also profess to being a lesbian. And, this it seems, forms the basis for all of the hoopla. In less than a month, American television will showcase the first homosexual leading lady. Hurray for another cultural landmark...
...licenses fund the board. Robert Deblinger, assistant director of the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, referred to this as "sportsmen watching sportsmen's dollars." Deblinger sees nothing wrong with recommending that anyone interested in serving on the board buy a hunting license. So state citizens need both to profess the required belief and to pay a fee if they want to hold an appointed state office. We might as well allow only smokers to spend the revenues from cigarette taxes, so smokers can watch smokers' dollars...
...finding more and more that religious groups can fill the gap between those things for which a health-care system can pay and the many services it will never provide. Thousands of congregations have found that this is an exciting and gratifying way to practice what we profess to accept from our Holy Scripture...
Logically speaking, if these two guys profess a view of something's being big in the future, it might be smart to pay attention. They do. That something is a newfangled, high-power, high-mileage, nonpolluting automobile engine that their company, Rosen Motors, plans to build and sell to automakers. "We see Rosen Motors as the capstone of our careers, the crowning achievement," says...
While house masters profess to be ready for the influx of a diverse group of students, the meeting of established house character and new residents this week has not always been cordial...