Word: terming
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Broken up into several sections, the book continues the discussion of the Stonewall riots with a quick overview of the prohibitions against homosexuality, including punishments and laws associated with such legal and religious condemnation, as well as an investigation into the origins of the term "homosexual" itself. Coined by a Hungarian author, the term was quickly adopted by doctors who, excited by concrete terminology, quickly proceeded to diagnose it as an illness to be treated. At the same time, however, the term could serve as a label, providing a disorganized group of individuals with an identity, a self-definition...
...turn the wheels of the democratic process in our glorious land. From cockfighting to criminal attorneys to titillating lawn trimming to dead candidates, our famous republican experiment rolls on. I'm not saying we shouldn't be proud of ourselves in these days following the mid-term election. A little civic solemnity is most certainly appropriate as we observe another peaceful changing of the guard. But, if you consider the people of Missouri, who took the time to debate and then vote on a ban of bear wrestling, you have to wonder if King George was really so bad after...
Patricia A. Sullivan, a visiting lecturer and an associate of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute, assumed responsibility for the seminar, History 1660, "Using Primary Sources in African-American History." Sullivan, who took over Higginbotham's duties Oct. 27 and who will be teaching until the end of the term, said the transition has been smooth...
...Though those may be (hopefully) unapt words for Minnesotans anticipating Jesse "The Mind" Ventura's new term as governor of the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes (and by the way, his real name is James Janos), it would seem to behoove them to get ready for something. Rough-and-tumble populism? Muscular, mustachioed libertarianism? Ross Perot in tights? Let's take a look at the Ventura canon...
...student organizations holding University accounts may access their balances on record in the Dean of Students Office. It has been the practice of the College to communicate current balances to treasurers of student organizations, including the UC, as they access their accounts from term to term...