Across the nation. (The Advocate Report).Grand Junction Grand Junction, city (1990 pop. 29,034), seat of Mesa co., W Colo., at the junction of the Gunnison and Colorado rivers; inc. 1891. The shipping and processing center of a large ranch and irrigated farm region, it also serves the area's uranium, oil shale, gas, and , Colo. A sixth-grader was suspended from middle school for two days beginning April 2 after he called a student referee's call "gay" during a playground game of softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' . Boston, Mass. A Boston Globe--WBZ-TV poll of 400 Bay State residents showed that 50% of respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. support equal marriage rights for gay people, versus 44% opposed to those rights. Pollock, La. A wilderness camp for gay men and lesbians has been vandalized a second time since February, resulting in more than $1,500 damage. Nashville, Tenn. A three-month fight over a gay-inclusive antidiscrimination ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been covering local government workers ended April 1 when the metropolitan council defeated the proposal. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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