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Despite the fact that first-years and upperclass students technically conform to the same College rules, practical differences in administrative chains of command lead to different results in the Yard and in the Houses...
...power is in the hands of these states' textbook-selection committees (especially the ones in Texas, California and Florida). The stakes are huge: the $3.5 billion in annual textbook sales is greater than the sales of all hardcover books to adults. Textbooks are superficial in part because they must conform to state standards, which are often encyclopedic in scope. But "the weakest link in the chain," according to education researcher Harriet Tyson, is "textbook evaluation." Most committee members have little time to examine texts thoroughly, frequently making decisions based on splashy graphics and frills like CD-ROMs...
Republicans had chastised the Gore camp for supporting broad standards for voting in Democratic counties, while demanding that absentee votes by military personnel, considered likely to vote Republican, conform to technical standards...
...fault, as when he began. Usually, Presidents become sadder, wiser and far more cynical. And I think he didn't because he has been sustained by his core Christian values. A lot of my Christian brethren and sistren are very hardhearted toward him because he doesn't conform to a particular profile of contrition. But I think he has been guided, and probably saved from even worse disasters, by his passionate desire to do good. For most of us in this country, he has functioned as a religious figure, however flawed, someone who speaks out of the depths...
...embarrassment of having pubic hair and breasts earlier than one's friends and peer pressure to conform are issues that young girls face while going through puberty, no matter what their age. I started growing breasts when I was 10, and the biggest troubles I had weren't deep inner conflicts caused by rampant hormones. My problems were caused by older boys who hadn't been taught to control themselves and by grownups who thought I should wear a bra. I didn't feel any different from before I had breasts, but I was treated differently. Blaming a girl...