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Much has been made of poll results indicating that 60 percent of Americans find homosexuality morally unacceptable. In response, the media and intellectual elite stake out the supposed moral high ground, proclaiming the other side unworthy of attention. The effect is not unlike a version of King-of-the-Mountain, only instead of conquering challengers, those at the peak shame competitors with ugly epithets. Thus, the intelligentsia use words such as "bigot" and "homosexuality morally repugnant. It is not surprising, then, that so few opponents of homosexuality are eager to step into public debate...
With the Ivy league title at stake Saturday afternoon, the No. 22 Harvard women's soccer team (10-4-1, 5-1 Ivy) faced off against No. 7 Dartmouth (14-1-1, 6-0 Ivy) at Ohiri Field. DARTMOUTH 2 HARVARD...
Last year, the Harvard football team needed to beat Dartmouth, the 1996 Ivy League champion, on the road. At stake was sole possession of first place and, for Harvard, the psychological assurance that it was a legitimate contender...
Small wonder. Schnatter's 24% stake in Papa John's is worth some $250 million. (Papa John's stock tripled from 1993 to 1997 but has recently been down some 20% from its 52-week high.) Schnatter and his wife and three children live in a brick-and-stone mansion set on nearly 16 landscaped acres in suburban Louisville, Ky. One neighbor Schnatter probably doesn't call on: David Novak, the former boss of Pizza Hut and current president and vice chairman of Pizza Hut parent Tricon Global Restaurants, who lives not far away...
Richard Lacayo gives voice to the gnawing uneasiness many Americans feel about Kenneth Starr's investigation-- that while the President's conduct was clearly wrong, Starr's investigation was somehow not right [VIEWPOINT, Oct. 5]. As Lacayo correctly points out, much more than Clinton's presidency is at stake here. Congress must act with discretion and care. MICHAEL J. MULLET Rockford, Mich...