Word: behavior
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Homosexuals are not a "minority," opposition to whose behavior constitutes "discrimination." Homosexuality is a sin. One who feels such impulses is obligated to exercise self-control and not manifest his lewdness...
AIDS is in the class of diseases whose origins we understand quite well. It is behaviorally induced and behaviorally preventable. In that sense it is in the same moral class as lung cancer, the majority of whose victims get it through voluntary behavior well known to be highly dangerous. For lung cancer the behavior is smoking; for AIDS, unsafe sex (not, it might be noted, homosexuality) and IV drug...
...date, the Administration's response has been consistently negative. "We won't talk to Castro until his behavior changes," Secretary of State James Baker reiterated recently to Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze. "Or until the Cuban Americans say different," says a White House aide, echoing Moscow's appraisal of U.S. politics...
...best seller, The Art of the Deal. "That makes the other guy smell blood, and then you're dead." But Trump's arrogant business style is haunting him now that he needs understanding. "Trump's personality works against him," says a top investment banker. "His own behavior created a level of scrutiny about his judgment, his ability to pay and his 'high moral standing,' which are the criteria in lending money...
...behavior. "If you don't drink, smoke or drive a car, you're a tax evader," quips Tom Foley, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Taxes on gasoline, cigarettes and liquor, as well as license fees and telephone surcharges, have proved to be the easiest way to get money from voters. Although they are more regressive than income taxes, they give people a feeling that they can control the amount of tax they pay by limiting the amount of goods or services they consume. Levies on alcohol and cigarettes can be portrayed as appropriately discouraging bad habits -- Florida Governor...