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...problem is perpetuated because Gypsies place such a low value on traditional education. Many Gypsies teach their children the traditional music and dance of the Gypsy people, but literacy is not highly valued. This means that Gypsies cannot respond articulately to the negative stereotypes that are circulated in the media of the countries they inhabit. Because of these unique circumstances, both Europeans and Americans should be sensitive to how they treat the subject of Gypsies...
Dean of Student Life Suzy M. Nelson, who handles media concerns for the Office of Student Life—which Beatty visited several times to discuss the “sleep-out”—did not respond to repeated inquiries from The Crimson...
...health reform would allow a 13-year-old girl to use a school "sex clinic" to get a referral for an abortion and "go home on the school bus that night." It wouldn't, but the terrifying suggestion buzzed around the Internet. The White House was forced to respond, condemning Bachmann in a blog post--which played exactly into her hands. In another speech she speculated that Democratic reforms would deny health care to the ill. "So watch out if you are disabled!" she blared. Just like that: another viral...
Grayson and Bachmann have found ways to use the controversies surrounding their outbursts to raise money and broaden their reach. Their devoted followers respond to appeals. Grayson posted his CNN caveman quip on a website he created, called Congressman?With?Guts.com attracting pledges of $220,000 from nearly 3,000 donors in about three weeks. (Almost 10,000 individuals gave Grayson more than $250,000 immediately after the "die quickly" speech.) Bachmann, meanwhile, took her fundraising appeal to social media and talk radio, asking her supporters to send a message to "Big Sister Pelosi and Big Brother Reid...
...soon as that [tying goal] happened, we thought ‘How do we respond to this? What can we do to get it back?’” Baskind said. “We were fired up, and there was no way we were going to go down without a fight after that goal...