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...Being outrageous" involved, among other things, dressing in drag--a display that got a gay student assaulted in Tommy's Lunch late one night last year by a man sitting in the next booth. Assaults then and now are not uncommon. Two Harvard gay students were badly beaten in the subway this spring when an angry passerby spotted them arm in arm. "Being outrageous" also included behavior which would not seem especially flamboyant if committed by heterosexual couples--like holding hands in the dining hall or on the street, and kissing each other hello in public...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Gay Rights: The Emergence of a Student Movement | 6/4/1981 | See Source »

This scene has not been uncommon this season for the Harvard women's softball team, as co-captain Lisa "Mouse" Bernstein has bouyed and bunted her team into an 11-4 season that saw the squad finish only two games and three runs away from an Ivy League Championship...

Author: By Peter G. Wilcox, | Title: Lisa 'Mouse' Bernstein | 5/5/1981 | See Source »

...pitcher that the big leagues want Ron Darling. Hitters of his caliber are not uncommon; Yale has six with higher battling averages. Pitchers of his caliber are rare...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Oh, Darling | 4/25/1981 | See Source »

...most uncommon is the fact that for five years. Brito's lab made very few mistakes. There are few deadends. few projects abandoned. few egos hurt. No wonder they're all happy...

Author: By Michael D. Steia, | Title: This Side of Paradise | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

Although computer buffs dream of the day when home computers will print movie tickets or order the groceries, such applications are still uncommon. The vast majority of personal computers are being bought by small businessmen, doctors and lawyers, who use them for prosaic things like record keeping, billing and checking inventories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Small-Computer Shootout | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

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