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...difficulties for heterosexuals branded with the scarlet letter are similar to those for gays, who are vulnerable to the most frequently invoked sex laws: those prohibiting sodomy. In 1986 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of states to ban homosexual sodomy, and since then, gay and civil rights activists have been fighting the increasing number of prosecutions. Nor are sodomy laws exclusively aimed at gays; heterosexual sodomy is deemed an impermissible act in 18 states. "These laws criminalize our private lives and relationships," says Robert Bray of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force...
After several liberals rose to condemn the plan as dictatorial, Gorbachev took to the podium. Banging the lectern with his palm, his face scarlet with determination, he expressed his exasperation with those who dawdled while the economy went up in flames. "We're in a very dangerous situation," he said. "Let's not kid ourselves . . . I ask you for the authority to act." He finished to whoops of applause punctuated with shouts of "Let's do it!" There was no quorum in the hall, so no vote could be taken. But given the enthusiastic response to Gorbachev's oration...
...Republicans running in prochoice districts, an anti-abortion position is like a political scarlet letter. The New York State Republican Committee has actually dropped the anti-abortion cause from its agenda, saving its local candidates from the embarassment of ambiguity and political dissent...
...Crimson does upset the Scarlet and Cream, they will play the winner of the Air Force-Pepperdine nightcap. Harvard never has played the Falcons, but Nebraska and Pepperdine have swept the Crimson in three previous engagements...
Ingersoll splurged $20 million on such items as a printing plant, electronic facsimile equipment and 5,000 scarlet vending machines, but he is spending relatively little on a reporting staff because the paper's emphasis is on packaging news more than on unearthing it. Advertisers were promised a circulation of 75,000; some 41,000 subscribers are said to have signed already...