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...girlish[ness]" with an ability to formulate well-reasoned, logical opinions resonated loudly with the previous day's debate. Here was an unambiguously negative use of a term denoting femaleness, in which the negative implications sprang from the very gender being invoked. One could not ignore the gendered root of this word, without losing the idea it was expressing: that certain people acted in a way characteristic of young females, by arguing a point in an irresponsible, giddy manner...
...opinion, should wish to characterize others negatively, they do so without resorting to language that inadvertiantly denigrates an entire group of people. Through such reckless descriptions, outdated prejudices receive a voice perhaps more powerful than any impassioned diatribe, evoking the most fertile attitude in which prejudice can take root: that of thoughtless or casual acceptance of simplistic, injurious categorizations. Julia...
While those attending differed on the root of the problem, they agreed that the crisis is immediate--and that the legal system can't tackle...
...more promising approach is to attack the root cause of heart disease: the family of lipoproteins that carry cholesterol through the bloodstream. There are two main kinds of lipoproteins: high density ("good") and low density ("bad.") As the bad lipoproteins travel through the body, they tear at arterial walls, forming a fat-filled scar tissue called plaque. Remove the irritants, and the arteries begin to heal...
...coalition that had kept Democrats in power for most of the past six decades collapsed and will have to be replaced. Meanwhile, Republicans have achieved a pregnant moment when their 25-year realignment of party power seems on the verge of success. They have managed to discredit the Democrats, root and branch. What they have not done, however -- and must accomplish over the next two years -- is convince voters that Republicans in Congress can move beyond heckling and obstructing to meet the public demand for leaner, more effective, more accountable government; that they can emulate pragmatic Republican success stories...