Word: regarded
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While the rising incidence of divorce and the emergence of the di san zhe, or romantic triangle, are viewed by most mainlanders as serious threats to the sanctity of the Chinese family, some Chinese social scientists regard them as largely positive. Citing statistics that show a doubling of the divorce rate in Beijing during a five-year period, Dr. Wu observes that they are a "reflection of women being less tied down by traditional mores and more open about their relationships." Unfortunately, the government's attitude has not evolved at a similar pace. The state no longer weighs down adulterers...
Although authorities refuse to admit officially that homosexuality exists in China, they tend to regard homosexuals as criminals. Police have closed down at least one bar that had become a hangout for gays in Shenzhen. "Usually, acts of homosexuality are treated as acts of hooliganism," reports Liu. His advice for handling such sexual taboos: face them realistically, rather than with superstition and criminal penalties. "We want to expose people to the germ to increase their resistance to the disease," he says...
...field without grass is an eyesore," wrote the Roman poet Ovid, "so is a tree without leaves, so is a head without hair." For centuries, bald and balding men have winced at such unkind references to their predicament. Conditioned to regard hairlessness as a male curse second only to impotence, they have historically taken drastic measures to undo their baldness. Some have pretended to own hair, bewigging their shining pates with nylon or natural locks; others have recycled what little thatching they have left, combing a few camouflaging strands across their brows or having "plugs" transplanted from one part...
...recently resigned as dean of Washington's American University Law School after just three years. "There are too many constituencies," he complains. Students expect the dean to be a sounding board for their concerns. The university administration may balk at requests for funding. Meanwhile, the faculty tends to regard the dean as a peer rather than a supervisor, someone who implements policy but does not make...
First there is the matter of his weekend in Florida with lobbyist Paula Parkinson, who claims to have had affairs with several Republican lawmarkers. All evidence indicates that Quayle did nothing improper. The same is not clear in regard to his military record. Rather than going to Vietnam in 1969, Quayle signed up with the Indiana National Guard. Recent reports suggest that he used his family's influence to have his name bumped up on the list so that the Guard would take him and he would not have to see combat duty...