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...when a film did take a compassionate approach to homosexuality, the mainstream press could pounce on it with cavalier ignorance and captious contempt. A review of the British drama Victim, about a barrister fighting the law that made homosexuality a criminal offense, took offense at the movie's "implicit approval of homosexuality as a practice ... Nowhere does the film suggest that homosexuality is a serious (but often curable) neurosis that attacks the biological basis of life itself. 'I can't help the way I am,' says one of the sodomites in this movie. 'Nature played me a dirty trick...
...Hopes for upscale retailers are fading fast. The high-end customer is cutting back spending 9 percentage points more than the overall consumer, according to America's Research Group. One victim of the trend: Saks Fifth Avenue, which saw a devastating 16.6% sales plunge in October, coming on the heels of a 10.9% drop in September...
Obama's support could further jolt some life into next month's annual U.N. summit on climate change in Poznan, Poland. The summit is a victim of awkward timing - Obama has been elected, but representatives from President George W. Bush's Administration will still be in charge - thus the real focus will be on next year's summit, in Copenhagen, when Obama will hold the reins and the world will face its self-imposed deadline to pass a new Kyoto Protocol. Green activists hope that Obama's plans for a national carbon cap will help break the logjam that...
...result in 2.5 million jobs losses, not only among GM employees, but also among parts suppliers, some of which would also fail. Given the centrality of the auto industry to the American economy, its failure could have unpredictable and wide-ranging repercussions. Rather than letting the auto companies fall victim to the free market, Congress needs to intervene by providing the capital they need to improve the industry in the long run. However, Congress should not simply hand over a loan without ensuring that it will be used responsibly. With the auto industry in such a weak bargaining position, Congress...
...some professors seemed to have gotten the message already. When Smith had trouble with his laptop before beginning the presentation, one professor loudly suggested that the dean’s computer had been a victim of the new budgetary reductions...