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In July a supervisor of road construction crews in Minneapolis issued a directive that workers on duty stop “eyeing,” “staring at,” or “ogl[ing]” women. In a subsequent clarification, the official said sneaking a look would be OK, and added that men, as well, should not be ogled.
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In April the National Endowment for the Humanities announced that it would award a $559,500 grant to the American Association of Community Colleges to answer the question “What is an American?”
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported in July that Jim Harnsberger, 40, a Republican Party operative who founded the local Center for Family Values, has been married five times and owes almost $20,000 in child support. According to the newspaper, a former girlfriend said of Harnsberger, “He said he would cut me up into little pieces and throw me into the ocean and no one would ever know.”
