Word: parented
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite continued signs of moderate economic growth, reported last week by the Federal Reserve, corporate layoffs continued. Among the latest cuts: 5,500 positions, or 25% of the banking work force, at Fleet Financial Group, parent of New England's largest bank; and 4,400 positions, or 7% of the work force, at Raytheon Co., maker of the Patriot missile...
...absolutely unconscionable that not one Hispanic, African-American or Asian is a parent of mine. In fact, not just one, but both of my parents are white and Jewish. Thank goodness I'm at least treated to some gender diversity--even parity. Ah, how my mother must have struggled to reach these heights...
...gender parity is definitely not enough. How can my two white parents. treat my siblings and me to a full experience of growing up? I and my siblings never had a parent of color as a role model...
When we think of parents, we always think of two people. True, in these days of "Murphy Brown," the single parent has become an alternative model. However, with only one or two parents, how can a child be given a fair and balanced childhood...
...must rethink the entire concept of the two-at-maximum parental model. I say, each child gets a number of parents equal to the number of representatives in the United Nations General Assembly at the time of the child's birth. Every child should have at least one parent from each member state. As the General Assembly increases or decreases in size, parents should be added or taken away...