Word: mantras
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...students under the Student Health Plan. Clearly the model for universities is unique to college life, but a culture which encourages safe sex is far healthier for our nation’s youth than one which blindly ignores the reality of teenage sexual life and merely chants the mantra of “no sex before marriage.” Across the United States and around the world, measures must be installed to encourage sexual practices that are safe and healthy. Policies that follow the abstinence-only stance of President Bush neglect the real and substantial need for sexual information...
...reformists have been busy trying to garner support. Their political leaders have been giving talks in universities and other centers, in support of a common mantra: "If people don't vote, the situation will get even worse," in the words of Mehdi Karroubi, former majles speaker and current head of the center-left National Trust party...
...Obama's mantra of change, Clinton said dismissively, "Change is part of life. The question is, are we going to make progress together?" For a closing argument, hers could hardly be clearer. "The exact right message that voters are focused on," Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson told reporters on a conference call Monday morning. By Wednesday morning, we'll know if enough of those voters are listening...
...Finally, passenger trains have also been increased in length. Until a few years ago a typical train had about 15 carriages. IR officials discovered that a passenger-train journey could earn a profit with 24 carriages, which became the target length. By pushing the "quicker, heavier, longer" mantra, rail bosses have also been able to improve services. For example, in 2006 IR began offering special express trains on certain routes such as the run between New Delhi and Agra, home of the Taj Mahal. Tourists making day trips to India's most popular tourist attraction now can book online...
Call it a feminist soap opera, then, which is not the contradiction in terms it might seem. Feminism gave us the mantra "The personal is political." And that can cut two ways. Hillary has relied on a connection with women as an electoral base. She's had her cleavage and her tears pored over by the media and benefited from the backlash. She's had Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC'S Hardball--is there a more male title in all of TV?--claim that "the reason she may be a front runner is her husband messed around," had Rush Limbaugh...