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...though, the marginal players of the debate dominate the national discussion of abortion. The murderers of doctors who perform abortions hardly advance their cause by committing sins in the name of sainthood; their sick attempt to thwart abortion only serves to harden the resolve of pro-choice activists and blacken the image of pro-life workers. To a lesser degree, the esteem of ultra-feminist groups is lowered when abortion is touted as a privilege rather than a last and most desperate resort...

Author: By Joshua L. Kwan, | Title: Abortion: What Is Moderate? | 2/22/1997 | See Source »

Mottahedeh and his allies, Afrasiabi contends, intended to blacken his reputation but did not expect the case to go to trial...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Former Post-Doc Will Stand Trial | 2/8/1996 | See Source »

...smoked since I was 13. I didn't grow up in this kind of freaky environment that we have in the East Coast. Where I'm from a lost of kids smoke. I started smoking then, and I don't see a reason to quit now," says William A. Blacken-ship '96, who says he smokes two packs...

Author: By Brant K. Wong, | Title: Burning Out at Harvard | 12/13/1995 | See Source »

...didn't blacken, nor the moon turn red, but the world did come to an end, just as their prophet had promised. The End drove up to their doorstep in a tank, spitting gas, fulfilling prophecies. And if anyone wants to harm them, says the Book of Revelation, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Branch Davidians: Oh, My God, They're Killing Themselves! | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

...name found its way onto these law schools' minority mailing lists, but the bluntness of the instruments upon which law schools rely to locate affirmative action targets provides one explanation. When you sign up for the Law School Admission Test, item 9 on the registration form asks you to "blacken only one oval that best describes your ethnic background...

Author: By Dante E. A. ramos, | Title: Confessions of an Affirmative Action Maybe | 1/25/1993 | See Source »

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