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...Quad as Other is not restricted to devaluation. River house residents also elevate the Quad into an unrealizable ideal, and mythologize it: “The Quad has such great community and such great housing. Can you believe some rooms in the Quad even have kitchens?” Moreover, a sense of mystery develops around this rumored Harvard haven: “I hear Pfoho‘s 90’s Dance is incredible… but where is the Quad again...
...explaining the French policy, Villepin stressed the ideal of “recognizing citizens, not communities,” that came out of the 1789 French Revolution...
...ideal profession for playing bridge is unemployed,” said Zeckhauser, who claimed that despite his success, he could easily imagine a life without bridge. “It’s a terrific hobby, but if the doctor told me I could never play bridge again, I would probably say, ‘oh darn...
...camps can reach a consensus. One pro-choice argument maintains that outlawing abortion would only increase illegal procedures. This begs the question: Why do we consider abortion so necessary that women would automatically retreat to the back-alleys? Most agree that a society in which abortion is rare is ideal. The notion of the necessity of abortion concedes that we are failing to address underlying factors...
...ideal society, abortion would not occur, not because it is forbidden, but because it is unnecessary. Immediate illegalization of abortion is no solution if the conditions making abortion so “necessary” are ignored. If we bridge the gap between pro-life and pro-choice to work toward a common goal of prevention by enhancing the availability of alternatives and educating the public, we draw near a society where abortion is a non-issue...