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While Gomes claims to shun the role ofspokesperson, students on both sides of thehomosexuality issue say the minister'sannouncement makes him a more political figure oncampus...

Author: By Joe Mathews, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Minister Reflects on Attention | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

...prissy Jane (Jane Sperling) and her luggish fiancee Dink (Ron Weiner) coo at each other about becoming "moan and woof" and their upcoming "hiney-moon" in "A Frantic City." Jane must reject her "old toy-friend" Jerry, played by the slouching, smooth-talking Brent Johnstone, as must Dink shun the advances of Pam Shores' provocative Alas, before the couple can properly appreciate "encaged" life...

Author: By Phoebe Cushman, | Title: Acting, Direction Make for Lively 'Life' and 'God': | 3/19/1992 | See Source »

...pointed expression in the Pope's continued refusal to consider the ordination of women as priests. The Vatican's argument is that if Christ had wanted women priests or bishops, Mary above all would have become one. On the other hand, John Paul does not argue that women must shun careers just because Mary was a homebody. Although the Pope lauds Mary for her submissiveness, it is in relation to God, not to male-dominated society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mary: Handmaid Or Feminist? | 12/30/1991 | See Source »

...even Hawthorne's friends would shun...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Required Reading | 12/6/1991 | See Source »

According to the most comprehensive survey, winners are heavily clustered in higher-income brackets. Once they win, they shun spending sprees, pay off debts and, by a big percentage, continue to work or get additional education after their sudden windfall. Only 23% quit their job. Sharon Turner, a U.S. government worker, now has a $7.5 million nest egg but says her husband Darnell stays at his job at a Washington junior high school "because he wants to teach." Last week Don Wittman, 29, of Denver, amazed everybody twice: he won his second $2 million prize -- against odds figured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life At The End of the Rainbow | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

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