Tolerance reconsidered as a path to equality
Leonard Pitts argues tolerance may be an imperfect but necessary step toward equating rights for gays. He cites a Who's Who survey showing bias against gays coexists with support for nondiscrimination in marriage, clergy, education, and the military, suggesting pragmatic openness rather than full acceptance.
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Gazette Promotes Green Printing and Recycling Efforts
The Gazette highlights its use of soybean ink and recycled newsprint to support sustainable farming. Readers are urged to recycle newspapers at City Carton on Sixth Street SW or via nearby recycling locations.
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U.S. Gains Slightly on Global Tests Yet Lags Behind Many Nations
The 1999 results show American eighth graders improving from 1995 but still trailing peers in 23 nations. Fourth graders in 1995 outperformed others, while Singapore and Taiwan top math and science. U.S. math 502 and science 515. 1995 scores were 492 and 513.
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EPA to phase out diazinon over three years nationwide
The EPA announced a three year phase out of the home and garden pesticide diazinon. Diazinon will be off store shelves by 2004 for non agricultural uses and halted for non agricultural distribution by mid-2003. Syngenta voluntary action aims to reduce organophosphate exposure, especially for children.
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Gonorrhea rises in U.S. after 25 years decline
CDC data show gonorrhea increasing in the United States for the first time in a quarter century, initially among high risk groups and now broader, while syphilis declines and HPV infection remains most common. The report tracks venereal disease trends by age region and race and notes a 9 percent rise from 1997 to 1999 after a 75 percent drop from 1975 to 1996.
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