Word: requested
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...council believes this policy creates "an environment in which homophobia is seen as an acceptable belief which should be accommodated." Now, some first-years who request room changes may indeed be homophobes: they may bear an irrational fear or hate of gays. Some, one guesses, neither hate nor fear gays but would feel uncomfortable living with a gay student nonetheless. And some are probably devout Christians whose faith grounds their opposition to homosexuality, promiscuity, and the like. But the council bills, which fairly represent recent campus dialogue on this issue, classify all under the genus "homophobia," in effect equating Christians...
Mary P. Daniels '02, whose name has been changed at her request, has little medical training, but last spring, she had to determine if a friend of hers was going to live through the night...
...HUPD transported two ballot boxes per the request...
...never gets beyond some furtive hand holding. (Army rules forbid unmarried couples from even walking together outside the compound walls.) She keeps urging Lin to divorce his wife, and every year he goes back to his village and tries to do so. And every year Shuyu agrees to his request but then changes her mind when they appear before the local judge. Without her consent, Lin is stymied: "It would make no sense to anybody in the countryside if Lin said he wanted to divorce his wife because he didn't love her. He had to find a real fault...
...teachers are taught, reporting that more than half of America's students learn math and science from instructors who are not qualified to teach the subjects. And the demand for qualified teachers is rising faster than the supply. What can parents do? Some schools allow you to request certain teachers for your child. If your school is one of them, check the credentials of the available candidates before you state your preferences...