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...system is not a pretty one. If you aren't amazingly thin, don't drive a convertible, don't wear the latest styles, refuse to cheerlead or don't put out, then you're just not popular. Join a traditionally geeky activity like drama club, marching band or (heaven forbid) math team, and you can also kiss any hopes of being popular goodbye. The definition of popularity has narrow parameters, ones which are difficult to attain but ever so easy to lose...
...mail inboxes, waiting for our turn to be answered. And our frustration with this must be unhealthy, as we clench our fists when the driver in front of us waits five seconds before moving at a newly green traffic light, or as we wring our hands when someone (heaven forbid) has checked their inbox but has not responded to our messages. We have become so paranoid about physical space that we screen calls. We finger-stalk. We struggle to remember password after password, half-recognizing that our information--our data, our ideas--could suddenly vanish if either...
...doing everything you can to protect your children? What if, God forbid, your daughter developed leukemia and needed a bone-marrow transplant? What if neither you nor your spouse could offer a close enough match to donate marrow? If you'd had the foresight to preserve some critical blood cells found in the umbilical cord and placenta that nourished your other children in the womb, you might be able to save your daughter's life...
...wrong, even though you don't have to worry about legal issues because it's not incest according to the medical definition. What I am most concerned about is the fact that you are having sex with this young man, and the possibility of pregnancy always looms. If, God forbid, anything happens, then you would have to tell your parents not only about your relationship, but also that you are carrying his baby! If you are sure that you love him (although I find that hard to believe considering you've only known each other for five months) then...
...would forbid candidates who wish to receive public campaign funds from accepting contributions exceeding $100 from any person or political action committee (PAC). This change would break the grip of PACs on campaign financing and free candidates from the distraction of fundraising. It would also ensure that qualified candidates are able to run for office regardless of their own economic background. Hopefully, this will enable candidates to be judged on their ideas, not on the commercials they are able to afford...