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The Curies: A Biography of the Most Controversial Family in Science
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The Curies: A Biography of the Most Controversial Family in Science D. Brian Hoboken, NJ: John Witey & Sons, Inc., 2005, 438 pages, $30
Marie Curie, born Marie Sklodowska, grew up in Poland, a police state under the Russian czar Alexander II. Her mother was headmistress of a prestigious girls* boarding school, and her father, a professor and assistant principal in a boys' school. Her family struggled under a Russian rule determined to eradicate the language, culture, and history of the Polish people. After graduating from high school at the top of her class, Marie Curie worked as a ...
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Gay Voters an Unknown Factor in Election;Activists Are Backing Dukakis, but Other Homosexuals Reflect a Wide Range of Views
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...than out-of-the-closet activist gays. Gay activists say their community is diverse...scale polls, and no one is certain about gays' demographics. Pollsters echo the gay activists' view that many gays in the closet resent polls of gays and...
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Gays hope to influence mayor race Candidates perceive a potent voting bloc
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...insurance benefits to companions of gay city workers, arguing the city...increases in violence against gays and lesbians, which rose 14...Boston. Just how much impact the gay vote will have is difficult...Boston University president John Silber, who was perceived as...community had a visceral ...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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GAYS of our LIVES; Since "Ellen" came out less than 2 years ago amid national controversy, network TV has introduced an unprecedented number of gay and lesbian characters.(ENTERTAINMENT)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; ...Fonzie switching to skateboards, John Boy forgetting to say good night...by seven. Ellen Morgan was gay. When the TV character - whose...director, citing issues of gays in the military, gay parenting and gay marriages...insulting than being tagged gay. There's also the matter...At ...
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Gays split in governor race Both Weld and Roosevelt are laying claims for support
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...example of tolerance and his appointment of gays to influential positions have muted the rhetoric that inflamed the debate on gay rights in previous years. In the 1980s...bench, publicly supported the right of gays to march in South Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade, signed the gay student rights ...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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GAYS, LESBIANS CAN'T HAVE HEROES (DEGENERES) WITHOUT MONSTERS (CUNANAN).(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; ...while stereotypes and prejudice about the gay community infected news reports about...crimes, he is still ``one of us.'' If gays and lesbians are going to claim Ellen...well, then Cunanan is clearly an out gay serial killer - and not just any out gay serial killer, but the ``first.'' Once, ...
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Gays may disregard GOP label for Weld
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...agencies to deal with gay teen-agers. He also...that does not exclude gays. "Weld has been the most gay-friendly governor we...McCarthy, a prominent gay activist who serves on...is this perception that John Kerry has never been an advocate for gays and lesbians. The vote...
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Gay Catholics fear `witch hunt' in backlash of abuse scandal.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...on a witch hunt,'' said a gay priest who says Mass for a group...most notorious of the accused _ John Geoghan and Paul R. Shanley...Valls, spokesman for Pope John Paul II, questioned the ordination of gays. ``People with these inclinations...she thought. ``God made me gay. I am going to ...
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GAYS DIVIDED ON TACTIC OF FORCING OTHERS OUT OF THE CLOSET
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...quivering in shock," said the gay congressman. "It's a deeply...issue is one of hypocrisy." John D'Emilio, cochairman of the National Lesbian and Gay Task Force, said flatly that...at the behavior of closeted gays harming others by political...said D'Emilio, who is gay. But he also said ...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Gays applaud discrimination ban Illinois House OKs bill that would give civil rights to gays for first time.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; ...his life secret. He's gay. In much of Illinois...it into law. Finally, John Cepek Sr. and his wife...offers civil protections to gays and lesbians by prohibiting...largest concentration of gays, several residents had...put up with off-color gay jokes during lunch meetings...Soboleski he ...
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Gay Republican Runs for Orlando, Fla.-Based State House Seat.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ...unless they repented and rejected the gay lifestyle. Trovillion has responded by...orientation. "I'm not prejudiced against gays," said Trovillion, who has not met...overturning Florida's ban on allowing gays to adopt children. Trovillion opposes gay adoption and Howell has yet to take ...
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