Word: clingingly
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...religious values should play an important role in government and (in striking contrast to their parents) close to the same number support gay marriage. Every generation discards another prejudice and ours is no different. Despite the prejudiced and divisive “defense of marriage” arguments, we cling to the idea of an America free of prejudice. And right-wing Republicans should remember: the college students of today are the swing voters of tomorrow...
...exactly analogous to “guy”; we do not call the men of our acquaintance “boys.” The infantalizing connotations of “girl” that so concerned women of my mother’s generation still cling to the word...
...opening story situates itself in the clichéd 6 grade gym class where the girls stand in line to be weighed. We’ve all been there. But Lerner quite literally forces us into her shoes. “I hate the way the gym shorts cling to my skin,” Lerner writes. “It’s a one-piece rayon suit, and its goal in life is to cling and ride...
...reformists' boycott is, in a sense, a strategic withdrawal. "It is better to side with the people than to cling to power," Khatami's brother Reza, leader of the largest reformist party, told TIME. "The next parliament will be undemocratic, but that doesn't mean democracy in Iran has failed." Maybe not, but judging by the election fiasco, its success is still a long...
...hard-line thugs. Now, he says, "I wouldn't support anyone's campaign so enthusiastically." In fact, he is not planning to vote at all on Feb. 20. So the reformists' boycott is, in a sense, a strategic withdrawal. "It is better to side with the people than to cling to power," Khatami's brother Reza, leader of the largest reform party, told TIME. "The next parliament will be undemocratic, but that doesn't mean democracy in Iran has failed." Maybe so, but judging by the election fiasco, its success is a long...