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...playing number one [seed] from the start, so [freshman year] wasn't as intimidating as it could have been. Doing team play was different, instead of practicing on my own. I had to conform to team practice times and rules. But it's nice to have a team behind...
Every marriage is ultimately the decision of two individuals. But if community pressure is strong enough, people may forsake their desires in order to conform. In the end, balance is the key. What are the chances that a baby will be born with a genetic disease? How serious is the disease? How strong is the love between the potential parents? Are they willing to gamble their future on a scientific roulette wheel...
...schools opened to take advantage of the alternative demands for education, schooling would be both diversified and improved. Since new schools would not have to conform to the precise rules and regulations of their states, they would be in better positions to meet the various educational needs of tax-paying citizens. And education would be improved because private schools, unlike public schools, would have to provide children with high quality education--or shut down...
...Monique" section, for example" gave some serious female feedback to real questions. However superficial the name "Monique" or the accompanying photo of "Monique" may have seemed, the responses did not conform to the "Edge Man's" beliefs about women but rather confronted them. It was both reassuring and flattering, after dealing so frequently with the "Inside Edge" image, that many male readers actually appreciated Monique's candor. (No, Monique did not accept any date offers, with or without photograph...
...part of reality, America's treatment of it has created oppression for those who have been defined by it. The experiences of black women in America are the experiences of those who are left out. Morrison writes of the experiences of all of us who are forced to conform to another's reality...