Word: validating
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...ring, get ready to live with a few little white lies. Dreamboat, unfortunately, doesn't deny a thing. He leads his governess-turned-love interest up the stairs to their attic, where Jane makes the acquaintance of Bertha, a homicidal maniac with a penchant for matches and a very valid marriage certificate to Rochester. This is what we in the humanities call a "character conflict." With women like Bertha in the attic, who needs skeletons in the closet...
...with long hours at multiple jobs with inflexible hours to provide homes for their families and do not have the luxury of deciding to stay home with their children. Conversely, some women and men do not want to stay home with their families full or part time--also a valid choice...
...Whether it is our tendency to pridefully judge others or to engulf ourselves in our own little Christian world and then view everything from that perspective, [the] article definitely made some valid critiques," Whiteside said...
...laws that govern the enforcement of prenups, but only a few have dealt with the relatively new postnups. The rules vary. New York and Florida have ruled that postnups are enforceable, but North Carolina and Louisiana require the agreements to be approved by a judge. In Hawaii they are valid only if the judge deems the terms fair at the time of signing as well as at divorce--meaning a spouse whose wealth has grown substantially since the agreement may have to renegotiate at separation...
...consolidating and simplifying convoluted product liability cases, this is not only confusing but perhaps also unjust. For example, it is possible that awards resulting from a couple of early cases could drive one or more of the companies to bankruptcy, thus leaving no money for plaintiffs with equally valid claims...