Word: soft
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...porcine capitalism at its worst"? Garish vocabulary aside, Gomez-Trochez has a point which no survivor of Ec 10 can ignore. Surge may just be Coca-Cola's attempt at a "substitute good" for Mountain Dew, an attempt to shoulder its way into the strangely-tinted-and-highly-caffeinated soft drink market...
Today is Wednesday. I am halfway there. In a mere two days I will pull the shade down, turn the alarm off, and enter a state of consciousness hibernating bears would envy. I can almost feel my soft pillow...
...seems that the tendons, nerves and soft tissue of my wrists and forearm protested my indulgence in one of the finer things of college dining. Riding my bike, taking notes in class, carrying heavy items and even opening doors are prohibited or limited activities. It's like being imprisoned...
...sure, Lewis' proposal does not mirror Annenberg's actions exactly. For a start, there are legitimate health concerns related to smoking, whereas sandwiches and soft drinks prompt no substantive concerns. Irrespective of this difference, however, both initiatives contribute to the "infantilizing" of Harvard students: first-years cannot be trusted not to eat mayonnaise-laden sandwiches that have been neglected for a week in their pockets; all undergraduates cannot decide whether or not to smoke without the College's assistance...
Nonetheless, expediency caused Sanger to distance herself from her radical past; for instance, she used soft phrases such as "family planning" instead of her original, more pointed argument that the poor were being manipulated into producing an endless supply of cheap labor. She also adopted the mainstream eugenics language of the day, partly as a tactic, since many eugenicists opposed birth control on the grounds that the educated would use it more. Though her own work was directed toward voluntary birth control and public health programs, her use of eugenics language probably helped justify sterilization abuse. Her misjudgments should cause...