Lower Pot Standard Won't Corrupt APD

Albuquerque Journal;  January 17, 2004 ;     139 words ......marijuana use. But trimming a year off the amount of time a would-be officer must have steered clear of marijuana simply reflects societal changes. Besides, the new policy -- which drops the standard from three years to two -- matches the standard applied to...

LETTERS TO THE EDITORSex education in China

International Herald Tribune;  May 19, 2007 ;     170 words ...International Herald Tribune 05-19-2007 Regarding the article ''In China, new face of abortion reflects societal shift'' (May 12): The fact that many young women consider abortion to be a ''contraception measure'' is a critical and instructive...

One-of-a-kind shelter in Kyiv for victims of domestic violence reflects...

Ukrainian Weekly, The;  October 28, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Sedova, Yana Ukrainian Weekly, The 10-28-2001 One-of-a-kind shelter in Kyiv for victims of domestic violence reflects societal views KYIV - Although the first shelter for victims of domestic violence opened in Kyiv about two years ago, it remains...

Enabled for the outdoors: people with disabilities don't have to sit on...

New York State Conservationist;  October 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......us join today, by accident? You know the answer. There are 35-45 million Americans with disabilities, but we are all potentially disabled. Most people are not born into this minority. Four out of five members became disabled after adolescence. People with...

In China, new face of abortion reflects societal shiftMore young, single...

International Herald Tribune;  May 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Jim Yardley International Herald Tribune 05-12-2007 Lin Yang contributed to this article.* At an abortion clinic in this seaside city, a young woman sat in the recovery room with an intravenous drip stuck in one hand and a cellphone held in the other. She was 22 and a nurse. Her boyfriend, an

Unilateral separation: the wide appeal for simple solutions

Jerusalem Post;  December 10, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the route along which a fence should be erected. The wide appeal of unilateral separation deserves discussion since it reflects societal trends beyond the specific strategic pros and cons of building the fence. It expresses a major disappointment with the...

Fallows asks: Do people matter?

The Quill;  November 1, 1997 ;     558 words ......because many choose journalism to "make a difference," Fallows said. Or, it could be "no" because so much of the work reflects societal examples that individuals don't matter. "Everyone has written about or produced a story on some large social force that...

Women and surnames across cultures: reconstituting identity in marriage *.

Women and Language;  September 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Introduction For quite some time now, linguists and anthropological linguists have argued convincingly that 'language in use' reflects societal values and worldview. For many of us involved in the ethnography of communication, the evidence for this has by and large...

Conceptualizing private violence against sexual minorities as gendered...

Albany Law Review;  March 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ......sexual minority status is, to a great extent, gender oppression. Moreover, to the extent that violence against both groups reflects societal assumptions regarding appropriate gender roles, violence against both groups is frequently committed by societal actors...

Computer Gaming Displacing TV Viewing, Characters Drive Video Game...

PR Newswire;  August 24, 1999 ;     700+ words ......seeing relatives, surfing the Internet and outdoor activities. The increasing popularity of active electronic entertainment reflects societal changes accompanying the computer era, changes that we anticipate to accelerate, said Dale Strang, Vice President, ZD Game...

Jennie Melville: The Forgotten Case of the Police Procedural.(Critical...

Clues: A Journal of Detection;  September 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Cordelia Gray. What is particularly interesting about Melville's writing is that as Daniels grows and alters, she vividly reflects societal changes regarding expectations for women in general and police women in particular. Perhaps one of the reasons that Melville...

SENATE CONSIDERS CHANGES TO STATE SEX LAW; A BILL WOULD EXEMPT CONSENTING...

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  March 9, 2001 ;     700+ words ......their own homes is their own business. Conservative groups contend the sodomy, or crimes against nature, law appropriately reflects societal sexual mores and should be left alone. A measure introduced last week in the state Senate would exempt consenting adults...

TEACHER HELPS STUDENTS LEARN LIFE-LONG SKILLS; "THE EXCITEMENT IS...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  October 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ......delightful and fun to be around. Maybe they grow up a little bit faster and are exposed to more than children years ago. It reflects societal changes. When they share, some of the movies they say they see may be a little surprising, for example. Q) What skills...

Junior numbers grow despite `white flight' to soccer

Sunday Star-Times;  May 25, 2003 ;     630 words ......was said to be contributing to a white flight from the sport. Hart says the browning of rugby in the big cities simply "reflects societal change and we have to move with the changes". And he doesn't believe having kids playing soccer ahead of rugby is a bad...

Books help guide parents through talks about the birds and bees.(Knight...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ......puberty and how babies are made show that the birds and bees chat has become, by necessity, an extended discussion that reflects societal changes and includes issues unheard of or unspoken when today's parents were pre-teens. Sexually transmitted infections...