Word: signs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...monks usually say their celibacy strengthens their capacity to love the other members of the community. The kindly Father Superior, Paul Wessinger '36, explains "the vow of celibacy is a sign that shows there can be real human fulfillment and genuine relationships of love and friendship in which there isn't a genital relationship." He continues, "You know, there is so much misuse of sex--so often two people manipulate each other for their common gratification, that there is a need for a community such as ours which is a witness to a healthy manifestation of sexuality...
...next item on HEAO-2's agenda is a deep space survey, set for later this week. But for now, a hand written sign at the Center for Astrophysics says it all: "EINSTEIN WORKS GYG X-1 IMAGED...
Until I walk into a restroom and am greeted by a sign: Ladies--Whites Only...
Even more important, as Jim Hightower points out in his book on the food industry, Eat Your Heart Out, "the question is no simply who owns the farm, but who owns the farmer." Because they lack market power, farmers have been forced to sign contracts which commit the farmer to grow a certain crop for a certain price. If a farmer has had a bad year and goes into debt, a common occurance in such an unpredictable business, the corporate contractor can step in and tell the farmer how to run his farm...
...Dundes, the three-point stance of football players is a form of sexual presentation derived from the animal world. Just as apes raise their bottoms and present their genitals as a sign of submission to stronger males, linemen present their bottoms to their more prestigious teammates in the backfield. "Spiking" the ball after a touchdown, says the anthropologist, "confirms to all assembled that the enemy's end zone has been penetrated...