Word: subjecting
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...That means the club hasn't been torn apart by divisive issues like abortion, even though Harvard's Republicans have a range of opinion on the subject...
...problem, they claim, lies in what appears to be an innocuous clause of the "Brown Standards of Student Conduct." Section IIB of the standards states that "behavior which shows flagrant disrespect for the well-being of others" can be subject to disciplinary action--a close echo of Harvard College's own guidelines, which specify punishment for "grave disrespect to the dignity of others...
...these men have in common? They all live in the seemingly consequence-free environment that surrounds those paid millions to play professional sports. Of course, athletes, just like the rest of the population, are not immune to bad behavior. Babe Ruth, the nation's first sports superstar, was the subject of movies that showed him visiting children's hospitals and opening car doors for ladies. The truth, which came out after the Bambino's death, was that he was a violent, hard-drinking womanizer. Still, things havegotten worse. Consider that more than a fifth of the players participating in Sunday...
...charms? Must be gay!) We've all guessed wrong, and not just about Rock Hudson. But could guessing be, as a gay friend put it last week, "a measure of how far we've come"? When I was growing up, who was or wasn't gay was a subject no one touched. I remember the bachelor real estate agent who cared for the antique linens as a member of the Altar Guild. Years later, I asked my mother if Tom's private life ever got discussed. And she, who by 1980 routinely talked about her gay bridge partners, said, "Absolutely...
Would Tom be better off today, with a war-hero presidential candidate casually talking about gaydar? You bet. A national conversation about tender subjects during a campaign does a lot to break the ice. In 1992, not only would no one bring up gaydar, but also the subject of gays in the military was not nearly the preoccupation it is this time. It's one reason President Clinton's initiative to change the policy came as such a shock and then failed, resulting in the "Don't ask, don't tell" compromise...