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Hornstein had probably been expecting a tame amendment simply calling on the military to admit gays and lesbians. But instead, he got an amendment with teeth that threatened to torpedo his goal of ROTC at Harvard. And Hornstein backed down from his previous enlightened stand...
...final clubs. As we are all aware, military personnel are routinely discharged on grounds of sexual orientation. Moreover, ROTC promotes homophobic attitudes which are harmful and divisive in our (relatively) progressive society. We know of one ROTC student who, because he had a pierced ear, was made to stand in the parade ground at MIT shouting, "I am a faggot!" at the top of his lungs for an hour. To our knowledge, no apology was ever offered, nor was disciplinary action taken against the commanding officer. We refuse to condone such hateful behavior and will work to keep any such...
Philby's is a story oft told -- once, self-servingly, by himself (My Silent War, 1968). It seems likely that Knightley's will stand as the definitive account, despite its pedestrian style: Knightley, a former special correspondent for London's Sunday Times, was the only Western journalist to interview Philby at length during his last years of semiretirement in Moscow...
COVER: Workers are worn to a frazzle, families are frantic, but time refuses to stand still even for a moment...
...place does have crack houses, and whole blocks look postnuclear, but black Harlem is still a great place to visit. Beautiful old homes stand spiffily on Strivers' Row, the Apollo Theater percolates with Amateur Night every Wednesday, and churches like Abyssinian Baptist can renew the spirit of even the most jaded tourist...