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Whereas my mother and her friends had set expectations and understood rules for how to find a boyfriend, today uncertainty reigns. Girls like Sonia and Rosenfeld are forced to turn to He’s Just Not That Into You to figure out how to interpret the meanings of their love interests’ e-mails, facebook messages, and body language. Like the authors of their “Bible,” they become nostalgic, wishing dating was more common and roles more clearly delineated...
...experts interpret these lines? As you might guess, they wonder where Luke got them. The first angel's language, some note, was less biblical than ... imperial. Brown called it "a christology phrased in a language that echoes Roman imperial propaganda." Recent scholars have said it is a near parody of one of the Emperor's titles at the time: "Son of God, Lord, Savior of the World, and the One Who Has Brought Peace on Earth...
Unfortunately, the justices’ role is to interpret the law, not to decide whether it is wise or misguided. Thus, this case is more of a test of federalism than an assessment of the medical utility of marijuana. Nevertheless, if the government did attempt to make an impartial examination of the latter, it would be hard pressed to make an informed decision, as it would be forced to rely on contradictory, even faulty scientific evidence...
...Blondes at Harvard are under a lot of pressure to be always smart,” says Caroline Cecot ’06. “I sometimes feel as if I cannot be goofy in front of people I do not know well for fear that they will interpret my goofiness as dumbness in all areas of life, including academics...
...playing it off. If the work is hard and they're not doing well, in the students' minds it's better to act like they don't care rather than acknowledge that they're trying hard and still can't do it." The problem becomes more damaging when teachers interpret such behavior as indifference and lower their expectations for what the students can achieve. Without interest and support from teachers--which matter more to minorities, Ferguson found--floundering black students eventually become resigned to their low position on the academic totem pole, fail to develop essential skills and slip even...