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...Yankee Dawg You Die" is the fourth play the Asian-American Association Players have produced. It successfully explores the anger and frustration that even second- and third-generation Americans of Asian descent often feel. Gotanda shows that there is a tremendous amount of pressure on Asian-American actors to conform to the media's stereotypes of Asians and to play only roles that are specifically written for Asian actors...
...father. There is little doubt that Charles wants to reign--it's all he has ever trained for--but he will have to accommodate his private life to public expectations. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of his personality is that it's hard to predict whether he will conform or stage a quixotic effort to win public opinion to his favor...
...reality the consequences of Forbes' flat tax do not quite conform to his supply-side rhetoric. Admittedly the flat tax would spur economic growth. By reducing the income tax rate to 17 percent and eliminating the progressive nature of the tax, Forbes' proposal would increase the returns to labor and thereby increase the incentives to work. In other words, the average person would keep more of any additional earned income than he would previously and, as a result, would supply more labor. At the same time, the elimination of all taxes on investment income would encourage people to save...
Regardless of what religious tradition each of us might choose to showcase, we should not feel pressured to conform to any one group's definition of "the holiday season." Religion should be self-defining, and we should note that that entails serious responsibility and vision. We should take a hard look at our religious symbols to see if they belong in our dining halls and house common rooms. Without an educational purpose, they border on being improper. But as long as people are exposed to multiple traditions and learn more about them, go ahead and deck the halls with boughs...
...been called. Instead it is an almighty ocean, perilous and all too enticing. Serial killers in cable movies, bloody episodes of Tales from the Crypt, grisly crime footage on the local news: How to protect a child from the rude shocks of the tube? Forcing all TV to conform to a safe-for-kids standard seems unfair to adults. Advisories that warn of excessive violence are fine, but who can guarantee what kids will do when parents are out of the room...