Word: schatz
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...positive AIDS tests and that all sexual partners of those who test positive be traced and alerted. The measure's chief proponent, Republican Congressman William Dannemeyer, says he wants to correct the state's "absurd policy" of turning a "public-health issue into a civil rights issue." But Benjamin Schatz, a lawyer with National Gay Rights Advocates, calls the proposition an "AIDS hysteria law." The referendum measure, which has a good chance of passing, could affect the anti-discrimination movement nationwide. Few things are as influential in framing a developing legal landscape as some solid election returns...
...specialist in Soviet intelligence with Russian-language training, Nicholson was nearing the end of his three-year tour of duty in Potsdam. Accompanied by Sergeant Jessie Schatz, Nicholson left Potsdam at lunchtime Sunday in a dark green Mercedes bearing an American flag. Both were dressed in camouflage fatigues, and Nicholson carried a set of powerful binoculars and a Nikon camera. They drove about 100 miles north to an area outside the town of Ludwigslust, the site of a training camp for a Soviet tank regiment of the 2nd Guards Division. The Soviets claim that the pair drove onto prohibited territory...
...While Schatz raised himself through the Mercedes' sunroof to keep a weather eye, Nicholson walked toward a Soviet tank shed, intending to take photographs through a window. At 3:50 p.m., according to Schatz, a Soviet sentry suddenly appeared from a wooded patch about 100 yards from the men. "Watch out!" shouted Schatz. "Come back!" Without warning, American officials charge, the sentry fired three quick rounds from his AK-47 assault rifle. One of them whistled by Schatz's ear, a second went wide, and the third tore through Nicholson's chest as he turned. "I've been shot, Jess...
...Schatz estimated that 10 percent of the state's population is gay or lesbian...
Similar bills have been introduced for 11 consecutive years, but this is "the first time the New Right showed up," said Benjamin H. Schatz '81, a second-year Harvard Law School student who heads the Massachusetts Gay Political Caucus' lobbying effort...