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...united front. Mother Patrice is obsessed with "reasonable" treatment of native Africans. This consists in papering over deep-seated racism with platitudes about needing servants to help with diplomatic functions. Gil has been living with his parents so long he can do little but watch and conform...
...space than Americans do. If Canada were to abolish Medicare, tax rates would plummet, the Canadian government would run absurd surpluses and the level of care for some would definitely rise. Individuals would feel like they're benefiting until they had to pay hospital bills; the economy would certainly conform more to that of a capitalist democracy. Yet Canadians tend to agree that the society would suffer as a whole if Medicare were abolished. For us, the benefits of universal free health care aren't entirely measurable by analyzing only the individual and the economy. Our collective vision of Canada...
...interests of democracy, it is clear that the Democrats and Republicans should not have a stranglehold on the debates (and therefore the election). Candidates should not be forced to conform to either of their platforms in order to have a chance in American politics. For all the differences that exist between Vice President Al Gore '69 and Texas Gov. George W. Bush, they think alike on many important issues: Both are pro-free trade, neither are isolationist and both favor more military spending...
Other rogue therapists mistreat gender-variant children by trying to force them to conform to gender rules. They use blunt behavior-modification techniques such as rewarding tomboys for wearing frilly dresses or punishing effeminate boys for playing with a Barbie. "Many of those kids become runaways, and they are damaged for life," says Gender PAC's Riki Anne Wilchins...
...only game in town at a time when the Net and cell-phone usage were exploding. Last month phone.com exploded too, shelling out $6 billion for mobile-mailbox giant software.com And since every piece of software on the Net will have to be rejiggered to conform to the WAP standard, Rossman still has a lot of work to do if he's going to distract cell-phone users from their jabbering...