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Refine your search| IRIS 1995-7:1/36 [AT] Appeal of the International Human Rights Tribunal on Discrimination against Homosexuals and Transsexuals in the Media | |
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From 9 until 12 July 1995 an International Human Rights Tribunal was held in Vienna under the title "50 Years of the 2nd Republic, 50 Years of Gay and Lesbian Repression". 7 senates each dealing with a different field and made up of rotating teams of experts and other prominent members, heard the accusations and evidence given and pronounced their ruling. Freda Meissner-Blau, the candidate for the presidential elections of 1986 (defeated at the time by Kurt Waldheim) and who is the founding party leader of the Greens in Parliament presided over the court accompanied by the publisher of FORUM, Gerhard... |
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| IRIS 1995-7:1/26 [AT] Newspaper Lotteries and Inciting Purchases | |
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A profound relationship is created between the price paid and the acquisition of an item not only when the acquisition of the item is the only way to obtain a free gift but also when this acquisition is considered to be an obligatory action, or at least the easiest way to obtain the free gift. Newspaper lotteries only exercise a psychological influence upon the general public when they believe the purchase of a second copy of a newspaper to be necessary or even obligatory for participation in the lottery. They thus believe that purchasing the newspaper is the simplest way to take part in the lottery.... |