Word: cite
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...circulated a paper claiming to define Zionism and state its objectives. The flier did not cite or quote any Zionist authority. Perhaps SAS thinks that it has the right to define Zionism. Nothing doing...
Analysts say the increase in out-of-wedlock births results in part from greater social acceptance of single motherhood. But other studies cite more dismaying factors: a shortage of men who earn enough to support a family and the high divorce rate. Many unwed mothers, says the Census Bureau, have come to believe that "they may be better off in the long run by relying more on the support of their parents and relatives . . . than by entering a potentially unstable marriage." But there is another problem: almost half of female-headed households live in poverty, compared with...
...somehow none of these facts--nor the U.S. Census Bureau's determination that the marriage rate for women of that age group was actually rising--have received much attention in the media, which continues to cite and even to inflate the original statistics. As Eloise Salholz, the author of Newsweek's lead story on "the man shortage," said, "We all knew this was happening before that study came out. The study summarized impressions we already...
...poll figure that foreigners rarely cite is the share of Japanese who like and admire the U.S., which has long ranked No. 1 in Japanese eyes. Last month, in a Yomiuri survey rating public trust in various countries, a record 56.3% of Japanese gave the U.S. the top slot. When Americans are asked the same thing, 13.5% pick Japan...
Plagiarism is officially the only paper-writing no-no we are supposed to worry about. The Ad Board insists that students cite quotes correctly, don't turn in the same paper to two classes and include correct footnotes. But they could probably care less if we totally misconstrue Marxist theory or get our signifiers and signifieds mixed...