Word: modestyã
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...entire issue with a misreading of F. Scott Fitzgerald, a relegation of the “rich” to impenetrable unknowability, is recipe for disaster. Difference exists, but in situations in which its danger can be minimized without any costs—like adhering to social norms of modesty??there is no excuse to perpetuate it. Not even out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness...
...Breaking) and Religion,” established unapproved behavior as a long-standing temptation for Harvard undergraduates. Gold buttons and pewter jewelry, dug from the dirt between Matthews and Grays, showed that Harvard students were more than willing to break the College’s Puritan “modesty?? laws for the sake of good fashion. Alcohol and tobacco were also widely consumed by early Harvardians, despite prohibition from the Puritan Church. The large number of wine-bottle and pipe fragments found between the Indian College building and the main residence suggested the presence of clandestine revellers...
...growth of international experience do not equate with cutting back on global education. Ultimately, such efforts hold value for a better understanding between nations. However, our actions towards the international community must be guided by our attitudes. The goal, then, is to consider our place in the world with modesty??to balance what we can individually gain with what we project forth unto others. At the gateway to the global generation, our education must be sensitive to the changing realities of the international situation...
...DON’T DO ‘MODESTY?...
...roles shouldn’t change with the hemlines each season, nor should they be reduced to a binary distinction. As Lyn Mikel Brown, an associate professor of women’s gender and sexuality studies at Colby College, told the Orlando Sentinel, “‘modesty?? sounds like pre- or post-feminist jargon for stepping back, acting nice, not making waves… I worry that what will follow is a push for girls to be more accommodating and conservative...