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...roommates. Wyoming has constructed an entire culture around the fraught military concept known as "Don't ask, don't tell." Nearly every Wyomingite I met used that phrase, or a version of it, with respect to homosexuality. "People have an open mind but a closed mouth here," says Alan Simpson, former G.O.P. Senator from Wyoming and honorary chairman of the R.U.C. So what happens when gays start opening their mouths...
Francis wanted the group to have a non-Washington feel, and he wanted a prominent straight Republican as chairman. Cody's Alan Simpson was an obvious choice. Simpson, who turned 72 a month ago and who left the U.S. Senate in 1997 after an 18-year career, had been shocked by the Shepard murder. One of his cousins--"sweetest guy on earth," he says--had come out decades earlier, and Simpson and his wife Ann had socialized in Washington with gay people for years, even though Simpson, a Judiciary Committee bulldog, fought for some of the most conservative court nominees...
...this chicken what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but it says 'chicken by the sea.'" JESSICA SIMPSON, pop singer, to her husband Nick Lachey on MTV's reality show Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica...
...court of public opinion is a little more fickle than the court of law, and the same due process does not apply," says Kevin Adler, whose Relay Sports and Event Marketing firm represents companies like Nintendo and Lego in sports partnerships. "I hate to compare Kobe to O.J., but Simpson was acquitted in his criminal trial, and you don't see him getting a lot of deals these days...
...will outlaw mandatory retirement ages, end ageist job advertising, and allow Britons the choice of working until they are 70. The government claims the ban will effectively boost the number of skilled workers. But trade unions suspect a different motive. "People don't want to work longer," says Derek Simpson, general secretary of the Amicus union, "but the deepening pensions crisis means they don't have any choice." Under the new rules, dismissal on age grounds will only be permissible if the employer can show just cause. Employers' groups will be keeping a close watch. "We do not want...