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...magazine, published by Vanida Koomanuwong, was shut down two years ago by a government policy aimed at limiting media exposure for transsexuals on the premise that they were a bad example for youth. TV shows with transsexual characters - usually used as sassy, obnoxious sidekicks - were told to get rid of the parts. Koomanuwong insists there was nothing vulgar about New Half. It featured real people, with real lives, she says. "People see transsexuals as nasty whores, or as mentally ill, but they're not: they're everyday people...
...Nothing ever happened along the lines of the bank scheming to get rid of the little guy," Keegan says. "That's just silly. The space became available, and we were pleased with the opportunity to expand...
They're all wrong, though. What we really need to do is to get rid of high school...
Students from 56 universities across the nation will fast today to urge corporations and univerities to get rid of their financial holdings in Burma...
...amazed Rudenstine didn't think of this--imagine the untapped fund-raising potential of offering donors their own colonies or even a trip to Mars themselves. Plus, it's a good place to send the remaining vestiges of Radcliffe, since Harvard seems so eager to get rid of them...