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Despite the chaos, I'm a classic goofball, spinning kids around the room, charmed by their antics and shy smiles. But, what do I have to say to their mom except, "How are you doing?" Aren't those feelings I'm working to suppress--"how could you have gotten pregnant so many times with different fathers, how could you yell at your kids like that"--somewhat valid? It can be hard, scary and uncomfortable to talk with parents whose values you're not sure of, who might doubt you the same way; it can seem much easier to ignore that...
...officers know that their role is [to ensure that] students have the opportunity to express themselves in the accepted manner of the University culture," Riley says. "[The students] know we're not there to bully or harass them in such a way as to suppress the voicing of their opinions and issues...
...William Jaffray, the lead Name in the upcoming London trial. "By the late 1970s," he told TIME, "the Committee [Council] of Lloyd's knew they were facing a crisis, and by 1982 the hierarchy knew that Lloyd's was bust. The only way they could keep going was to suppress the asbestos information, cook the books to ensure they were still showing profits, and go after new investors...
Johnson said she thinks apathy will suppress non-council members' attendance on both sides of the issue, as well...
Roman Catholicism prides itself on its devotion to unbending morality. Even in an age oozing with the promise of consequence-free sex, the church preaches premarital chastity and crusades against birth control and abortion. But as the Kansas City Star reported Sunday, attempts to suppress the human sex drive can have devastating consequences. According to the Star, AIDS-related illnesses are killing Roman Catholic priests at a rate four times higher than in the general population, and many experts are blaming the church's staunch refusal to educate its members about sexuality and safe sex methods. Because while the average...