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...frustrated by the ongoing debate about whether sexual orientation is a choice. Why is it that the people who are in a position to know the answer to that question - gays - seem to be ignored by straight people? If you're straight, ask yourself when you chose to be straight. You are what you are; there's no choice involved. Carl Bechdel Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. Is Membership Worth It? The accession talks between European Union officials and Turkish negotiators have created more tension than accord [May 23]. While it is understandable that Turkey would want to join...
Still, Duehay says that he was one of the “less venturesome” students, and it was not until his senior year that he chose to pursue a more substantial leadership role, seeking out a spot on the Harvard Alumni Association’s permanent Class Committee for his House...
...House Masters gave preference to students who ranked their House first, and student housing requests often resulted in communities of similar backgrounds and interests. According to The Crimson in April of 1953, this meant that around 80 percent of a House was made up of students who often chose their Houses in order to be with people similar to themselves...
...this year fewer English concentrators chose to write theses—a departmental requirement for high honors—because they had a lower chance of graduating magna than in previous years, New wrote in an e-mail...
...protect Maori from the onslaught of English, the Language Commission has created new terms for hundreds of modern concepts (for electricity it chose hiko, or unseen power; computer is rorohiko, electric brain). Most Maori speakers, though, learned English as their first language. And when their Maori vocabulary comes up short, they reach for an English word. Young speakers increasingly structure Maori sentences as if they were English, says Bauer. "Swapping words is one thing," says Toni Waho, a pioneering te reo teacher. "The sinister thing is when grammar changes, because grammar reflects cultural values and ways of thinking. We have...