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While officials may consider Russell Field safe for ballgames, they are still working to rid the area of asbestos...
...this is indeed how "Political Correctness" behaves, then I agree with all those critics who charge that it impoverishes political debate. In a nation that needs a desperate heart-to-heart about issues of racism, sexism, heterosexual privilege, and entrenched hierarchy, we need to get rid of this monster if it prevents us from engaging social issues substantively...
...Asia, will become one of the world's most severe Islamic states. Among Muslim nations, only Saudi Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan observe the undiluted Islamic law. This code of justice punishes a thief with amputation, an adulterer with a public flogging and a blasphemer with execution; a man can rid himself of a wife merely by saying "I divorce thee" three times. The more moderate Islamic states apply Shari'a to family and religion but not to legal and state matters. Take beards, for example: in Afghanistan, members of the ruling Taliban militia will grasp a passerby's facial hair...
...against the arch-rival Bulldogs would surely rid the team of its early season frustrations. But Brain Tompkins' Yale squad is strong at 2-2-1, and they are hungry after losses to Milwaukee and Connecticut. Yale, too, has had its offensive frustrations. After opening the season strongly, the Bulldogs have scored only one goal in their last two games...
...determined person would have been able to force Slick Willie to confess. Obviously the process has been disruptive and costly, but what would Americans have had Starr do? If we don't want to know when politicians break the law or commit immoral acts, then we'd better get rid of the special-prosecutor law. Otherwise, let's not shoot the messenger just because we don't like the message. JERRY MOORE Richardson, Texas...