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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unfair to dupe someone into thinking that you can change your sexuality," he says. "This whole 'Come Out of Homosexuality Day' is sort of like, 'Hey, Come Lighten Your Skin Day,' which wouldn't be tolerated...

Author: By Ariel R. Frank, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Ex-Gay' Movement Draws Criticism, Mixed Support on Harvard Campus | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...first the sheriff's deputies lobbed a tear-gas canister into the house. But Allen was prepared. The former nurse had apparently covered herself with petroleum jelly and a wet towel to prevent the skin irritation that comes with the gas. Then they tried to stun Allen by firing some beanbag-like projectiles at her, but she was ready for that too, having armored herself in several layers of clothing. The gathering crowd of militiamen stand in awe and see her expertise as proof of a survivalist sensibility. Says Glad Hall, president of the Southern Illinois Patriots League...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STANDOFF AT ROBY RIDGE | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...finally dawns upon you: Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine, the four bases that make up our genetic code. A zoom-out to a view of Ethan Hawke industriously scrubbing his naked body provides the clue to the mystery of the falling matter. It's body matter--hair and dead skin cells...

Author: By Lynn Y. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'Gattaca' Paints Sobering, Visually Stylish Picture of Brave New World | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

...does People Magazine list 50 beautiful people with three Asian women and no Asian men?" Overlaid on the video itself is a sequence of readings from personal ads for Asian women, dating services bolstering white male-Asian female relationships and letters to the editor which reinforce stereotypes of "flawless skin and waist-high embraces" and short, domineering Asian...

Author: By Erika L. Guckenberger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Meshing Text and Performance | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

...Starvation was so severe that people tried to eat dead people's flesh. But the corpses didn't have any flesh on them, only skin, which was very tough to eat. Some caught worms and ate them. I tried but decided I'd rather die," she said...

Author: By Nanaho Sawano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Former Tibetan Prisoner Speaks | 10/23/1997 | See Source »

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