Word: rejection
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...then that I realized the crusade to reject the stereotypes placed upon us by Western-society had gone too far. It had led us to reject ourselves...
...parents, however, refused to understand why I would even consider attending another college when the best university in the world (everyone in the Asian-American community knows that Harvard is #1 da xue) had offered me a place in the class of 1994. Asian-American students never reject an offer from Harvard, they insisted. In fact, they threatened to refuse to pay for another college, even one that was, in the eyes of most Americans, equal to, if not better than, this school in Massachusetts...
...given up. I've come to terms with the fact that no matter how diligently I try or hope or think about being an Asian original, I will never escape stereotype-dom. And I don't want to, if I must reject myself--my interests, my looks, my body, to effect such an escape...
...regional elections, discontented French voters reject Establishment parties...
...Tufts. "It's what your general eating patterns are." Blitzing on junk food for a day or two is no problem if over the long haul a diet regularly contains fruits and veggies. If it does not, popping pills is a good insurance policy, especially important for those who reject greens outright. Supplements are also useful to people with special conditions, including shut-ins, alcoholics and those on very restrictive diets, who tend to be poorly nourished...