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...realize that it will not be easy to change the homophobic attitudes that are rampant in the military...

Author: By Jordan Schreiber, | Title: Clinton's Liberal Debt | 11/21/1992 | See Source »

...moment when the American libido seems to oscillate between Puritanism and rampant exhibitionism, how significant is it that for the first time in more than 30 years the nation has elected a President with sex appeal? The last six Presidents -- Bush, Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson -- combined do not conjure up enough erotic energy to fill a single room at the No-Tell Motel. Forget Gennifer Flowers -- this is not the moment to descend into the muck of her sleazy allegations. Rather, the swooning and the cooing on the rope lines during the last breathless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baby-boomer Bill Clinton: A Generation Takes Power | 11/16/1992 | See Source »

...challenge to corporate law is important. Corporate lawyers must devise constraints needed to temper the excesses of rampant capitalism, a task of profound public service. Corporate lawyers, for example, perform most of the pro bono work in this country...

Author: By Lorraine Lezama, | Title: A Defense of the Indefensible | 10/31/1992 | See Source »

Fears like these are rampant in Central Square--fears that the shelter's director believes border on intolerance...

Author: By Michael K. Mayo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LOOKING FOR SHELTER | 10/21/1992 | See Source »

...this time, sex and dating will be so dangerous (owing to the numerous rampant communicable diseases and personality disorders) that they will be attempted only by the kind of thrill seekers who now do things like bungee jumping, sky surfing and eating at Denny's. By the year 2020, in fact, "casual dating" will be a popular arena sport. People too terrified to pursue something so hazardous themselves will witness actual live human beings who, for big money stakes, will eat dinner with and then perhaps (if dinner goes well) become intimate with people they are attracted to but basically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dating Game | 10/15/1992 | See Source »

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