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	The Sweetest Taboo Among Samurai By Kimberly Chun “Don’t ask — don’t tell” didn’t start with the Clinton administration. Gays in the military were an issue — and were considered a threat — at the end of the Tokugawa Shogun rule in Japan, 1865, according to Taboo (Gohatto), the latest film by Japanese director Nagisa Oshima. In this exquisitely directed and highly artificial period drama, the director of In the Realm of the Senses explores, once again, the intersections of sexual and social intercourse and the coupling of Eros and Thanatos (death), with thought-provoking, if somewhat chilly and abstract, results. COMPLETE STORY...		We're Done Waiting: Wellesley women demand better diversity education (in National News) Same-Sex Partners in California Rally for Family (in Bay Area News) Broadband Technology: How fast is fast enough? (in Business) Emil Amok: A yellow silver screen (in Opinion)

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Kimi Finds a Voice New “Rugrats” character voiced by blind actress By Maria-Belen Moran/AP Kimi, the cowboy-booted, adventurous new toddler in the “Rugrats” neighborhood, owes her warm and giggling voice to a 22-year-old actress who reads her weekly scripts in Braille. Dionne Quan, who beat out 147 other actors for the part, was born with hypoplasia — leaving her with underdeveloped optic nerves that distinguish only some colors and objects. COMPLETE STORY...

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