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...concept of Exodus is that although a trait might be “very deeply ingrained,” it can be changed...Davies prefers the term “resolution” instead of “suppression.” “We believe that men and women have free will,” he says, “God allows men and women to go out and make choices...
...philosophy is not very different from that of the gay community: people cannot change their sexual orientation. And while Houston and Grizzle try to disseminate the idea that people can change, at least one Harvard student believes he provides living proof that sexual orientation is a plastic human trait...
...burp the child, as well as rock him or her to sleep, the goals of fostering good behavioral habits along with quality intellectual development would probably be lost somewhere between the baby crying and me trying to make dinner while finishing my homework. Good parenting is not an innate trait, and is even less so under stressful situations...
...asked to see Kennedy and talk about Berlin and was surprised when he agreed. I found him cool and cautious, but also patient, a trait we would see more of as he journeyed through the Cold War. "We could have sent tanks over and knocked the wall down," he said. "What then? They build another one back a hundred yards. We knock that down and then we go to war." He speculated that the wall would stay until the Soviet Empire tired of it. Some experts predicted it would stand 50 years or more...
...standard head requirement from as big as possible to merely large. Sadly, some judges have not modified their ideas of beauty and still award the prizes to the bulldogs with the biggest heads. And dogs that win prizes tend to be the most valuable to breeders, so the trait is continued through future generations. So who is to blame for perpetuating the raw deal handed out to man's best friend? Many believe that Britain's Kennel Club could do more to bring about health reforms. After all, this 19th century institution, with its royal patronage, has huge influence...