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...parents of children adopted abroad, and the groups that represent them, point out that much of the nay-saying sentiment is little more than pious hypocrisy. However much Third World governments may decry the surge in Western adoptions, millions of children around the world are abandoned and homeless -- about 7 million in Brazil alone. Only a tiny percentage of these children find homes locally, and in some cases they are doomed to eternal stigma. In Korea, for example, a Confucian value system places such a premium on male gender and blood ties that the adoption of a baby girl...
Charles P. Ducey, director of the Bureau of Study Counsel, who attended the forum, said afterward that he understands there is pressure, especially among Black students, to remain "independent." He said that sentiment can make it difficult for many students to seek counseling services...
...Adolf Hitler, bringing the number of attacks to nearly 400 since the beginning of the year. With a record 220,000 asylum seekers expected by year's end, even more clashes seem likely. While the latest wave of xenophobic incidents originated in the formerly communist east, anti-foreigner sentiment is being demonstrated throughout the country...
Anyone who dips into his new book will find that Coupland has brilliantly captured this sentiment with definitions and phrases like "legislated nostalgia...
Currently, there is no ROTC program on Harvard's campus. The College awards ROTC scholarships, but forces students to travel to MIT for ROTC classes and drills. That's been the policy since the late '60s--the height of anti-Vietnam War sentiment in the nation--when the program was effectively banned from campus...