Word: deemed
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...structure of many of the clubs is such that members are able to exert considerable control over female guests: women are dependent upon male members for admittance (often through side doors), and once women are inside, their movement is regulated--they are confined to the rooms members deem them fit to enter. It is no wonder that such a controlling environment gives club members confidence to make the kinds of overtures that would be seen elsewhere as inappropriate; Epps is right to advise women that the best way to avoid uncomfortable sexually-charged situations at club events is simply...
...Comanche flutist, will show them how to make the wood instrument on which he played the unwritten, melodic music of his ancestors. At the Sac and Fox Powwow, members of Vetter's group will talk with representatives of tribes from all over North America. And if their native hosts deem it appropriate, they may even experience a sweat-lodge ceremony...
Beauty is an important issue for Russian women, in that they take more care with their appearance than many American women would deem acceptable. In general, they are more fashionable, get manicures more frequently and don't wince at the thought of wearing heels like so many feminists here. For instance, when I went to Russia, people who had lived there told me that I should leave my jeans at home and buy some nice skirts and high heels so that I would blend in. Crisis number one. As an American feminist, I had always yelled at my mother when...
...Pictures Association of America (the similarity to the ratings used for motion pictures should make sense now). One of its greatest perks is that it provides an easy way for parents to screen out certain programs using a V-chip by specifying the level of programming below which they deem unacceptable. However, the system as it exists is too simple--mixing in sex, blood and curses in one ultimate rating of age-appropriateness does not provide the discriminating viewer with very much information. Even a survey released by the media studies center reports that 79 percent of parents want...
Gittens believes that the exam-school admission policies should have a "broad-based legitimacy" that city residents can all deem fair...