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News of the Infantino recall is further stratifying moms into two camps: sling-wearers and those who just don't get the whole sling thing. The decision to use a baby carrier - or merely to carry the baby - is a lifestyle choice, and baby-wearers fiercely defend their baby-transport method of choice. For many moms, it's a personal statement. Sling aficionados insist they're safe as long as you pick a good one, follow the instructions and constantly check your baby's position. This piece of baby gear is frequently used by a certain type of parent...
...analysis." In other words, under a veil of blind nostalgia, Americans quickly become attached to a particular narrative as the one correct interpretation of a murky past. Challenges to this worldview, then, are often met with the most vitriolic of reactions, as champions of the established historical guard fiercely defend that which they consider "proper" American history...
...acceptable to the U.S. and its allies, whose stated objective remains ending all uranium enrichment in Iran. Tehran has held firm to the principle that the NPT allows it to enrich uranium for energy purposes, under international scrutiny - and it has been willing to go to the mat to defend that right...
These changes are admirable efforts to make an inevitably uncomfortable situation somewhat less intimidating for students and to give students a better chance to adequately defend themselves and feel some sense of agency...
...just couldn't get something through. The Executive Order is better than nothing and I have every assurance it will stand." After the bill passed, Republicans tried to challenge it by bringing up Stupak's own arguments against it. Democrats responded dramatically by bringing up Stupak himself to defend the passage of the law. At one point, as he argued for the new health care legislation, a member of the House shouted out, "Baby killer." (See Amy Sullivan on the White House Executive Order that won Stupak over...