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MOVIES AND TV HAVE FINALLY DISCOVered that gays and lesbians are more than stereotypes and punch lines--although there is progress yet to be made. It's just proof that Pat Buchanan and his extremist cronies are profoundly out of touch with mainstream America. The world is changing, and it's leaving Buchanan, Limbaugh and the rest of the radical right behind in the past. SCOTT MILLER St. Louis, Missouri
...Dean Lewis has chosen to offend the College community a third time with his very practical decision to ban Hanukkah menorahs from student dormitory rooms. Let's follow his logic. This past December, a first-year creates a Rube Goldberg menorah from a three-hole punch. The candles topple. The desk and computer catch fire. Dean thinks, "What if other desks and computers catch on fire when irresponsible students create defective holiday contraptions? We must prevent all Jewish students from lighting menorahs...
...must be concerned, however, with the effect of any radical punishment on Arafat's standing among his own people, who tend to hold him accountable for the excesses of his Israeli partners. "It's in the interest of the government to pressure Arafat but not to deliver a knockout punch," says Yaron Ezrahi, a senior fellow at the Israeli Democracy Institute. Nor can Peres afford to incite the Palestinian public so much that it turns violently against the accords. Says "Ghazi," a figure in the military wing of Hamas: "The Israelis are laying the ground for a revolution...
...most noticeable effect of the battered blue line was surprisingly not seen on the defensive end of the ice. Anchored by co-captain Holly Leitzes, the Harvard defensive core (that is to say three defensemen) battled admirably, but at the expense of the offensive punch of the team...
...inner voice, goading him to run for President, something she has been doing for a decade. Whereas Bay talks nonstop in her brother's rat-a-tat style, Shelley is painfully reticent. Her only public role is to smile serenely, sit behind the candidate onstage and form the visual punch line to one of his biggest applause getters: "I want to introduce the lady I intend to nominate to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton, and she won't be in charge of health care." Her private role seems to be the health and care of the candidate. When Pat toiled...