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...public accommodations? Lobbying for the gay rights resolution was Robert Bauman, the ultra-conservative Maryland Congressman who lost his seat in the 1980 election after he was arrested for propositioning a 16-year-old youth. Bauman, who publicly admitted his homosexuality for the first time last week, did not renew his membership in the A.B.A. several years ago because "it was getting too liberal for me." The organization was not yet liberal enough to back gay rights. The delegates defeated the proposal by a surprisingly close tally...
...shut off covert U.S. aid to the contra guerrillas who are fighting the Marxist government of Nicaragua will have no immediate effect. The Republican-controlled Senate almost certainly will not approve a similar bill. So the contras' campaign will continue?though whether the Administration can persuade Congress to renew U.S. support for the guerrilla struggle, much less double it as President Reagan wants to do in the new fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, is now in doubt...
Some Christian Democratic leaders blamed the setback on costly political mistakes. Under De Mita's leadership the party had sought to renew its image by portraying itself as a reformist force in tune with postindustrial society. That campaign apparently backfired because it alienated people who preferred its role as a repository of traditional values. The Christian Democrats' attempt to glamorize themselves with respected, independent, "celebrity" candidates also failed. Former Bank of Italy Governor Guido Carli fared well enough in Milan, where he was elected a senator, but Film and Opera Director Franco Zeffirelli lost in Florence...
...interest rates and the too strong dollar defy ready solution - these special visitors did not need to go home emptyhanded. Wiliiamsburg, after all, was a gathering place of ideas that shaped America and influenced the world. And for men and women who care to look and listen, great thoughts renew themselves in the modest homes, the taverns and the government buildings...
Harvard's chief labor negotiator has cancelled the opening session talks to renew food service workers' contract with the University due to union demands that the meetings be open to press and community observers. Harvard and union officials reported yesterday...