Congress as Victims of Privilege and Power
Deborah Mathis argues against demonizing Congress and instead portrays lawmakers as constrained by privilege. She compares Congress with average citizens, listing perks and expenses for representatives and the lack of such benefits for ordinary people, urging empathy and understanding. She cites a Times Mirror survey and Kevin Phillips' critique to frame public distrust and calls for a kinder, more nuanced view.
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Times Mirror Center For the People and the Press
Kevin Phillips
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Washington
Times Mirror
Congress
Gazette promotes agriculture with soybean ink and recycling drive
The Gazette highlights its use of soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle by dropping newspapers at City Carton, 4250 Sixth St. SW, or at the nearest recycling location.
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AIDS likely not to become general epidemic study finds
University of Chicago researchers in the study The Social Organization of Sexuality report AIDS declines in both heterosexual and homosexual groups. By surveying over 3,000 people they map where AIDS is present and likely to spread, noting fewer high risk behaviors and a flattening trend among gay men.
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Jashington
University of Chicago
America
Study finds low share of gays and bisexuals in population
Researchers say 2.8 percent of men and 1.5 percent of women identify as bisexual or gay, far below earlier claims of up to 10 percent. They stress civil rights remain essential while noting AIDS remains a serious issue for gays and IV drug users. The report estimates 83 percent of Americans were monogamous or had no partners in the past year.
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Jeremy Wallace Ashington
Social Organization of Sexuality
United States
Abortion Not Used as Birth Control, Study Finds
University of Chicago researchers report that over 70 percent of women who had abortions had only one, with 19 percent two and 8 percent three or more. They say abortion is not casual birth control and miscarriages occur at about the same rate. More than 40 percent of abortion patients were under 17.
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Chicago
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