Word: idealizations
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Moran, who spent sleepless nights going over this week's tips, agrees that the "ideal" way to chase suspects is through "proper, normal, investigative" channels. But he says eliciting leads from civilians is a "new front in the war" against sexual predators, one that he expects will continue to be effective because of a collective empathy for the well-being of children. Interpol will almost naturally take the lead in such cases because Internet clues as to where child abuse may have taken place are never clear. Determining the locale potentially requires a global search...
...recent tragic death of Stephanie Kuleba, an 18-year-old high school cheerleader who died as a result of complications during a breast augmentation surgery, brought our attention to the pursuit of a more "ideal" body amongst teenagers. In fact, search data confirms this phenomenon. One of the most popular sites visited from the search term "plastic surgery" is the official site of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (www.plasticsurgery.org). Over 25% of visitors to the site (the largest segment) fell within the 18- to 24-year-old demographic - that's up from 19.6% two years...
...What about Facebook? According to a study conducted at Penn State, people with higher friend counts seem cooler, more attractive, and more confident. Given the bizarrely circular nature of celebrity, in which you can become known simply by being known, Facebook seems like an ideal tool. In a culture where “friend” has become a verb, the acquisition of another recognizable acquaintance translates to enhanced social capital. Or does it? The Penn State study found that, once someone had more than 800 friends, people started deeming him insecure. It’s unclear how 800 became...
...entered the series as South Division Champions and held the best record in the Ivy League. Princeton will continue on at the NCAA tournament. For three members of the Harvard softball team, Saturday’s games were their last. Although ending with a loss is never ideal, seniors Amanda Watkins, Danielle Kerper, and captain Shelly Madick finished their careers in a league championship series.“The seniors gave everything they had, and I think the team gave everything they had this year,” Harvard coach Jenny Allard said. “I think to finish...
...Movement of the 1960s was breaking the final barrier in opening voting booths to all Americans. But as the country has witnessed in horror in 2000 in Florida and with much less concern in Ohio in 2000 and 2004, the voting systems that we currently use are nowhere near ideal. In the history of America, states have failed to protect voters’ right or ability to vote, whether out of racism or apathy, and it is horrible that state-sanctioned impediments such as this one still exist. For Justice John Paul Stevens, who wrote the majority opinion...