Not exact matches
Major obstacles include religious fundamentalism, which not only triggers conflicts but also
contributes to the suppression of
women; global warming, which might produce ecological crises that spur social unrest
and violence; overpopulation, particularly when it produces a surplus of unmarried, unemployed
young men;
and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Just as she has become someone who seems an ideal life mate to Western
men, someone who is strong, smart, independent, able to
contribute financially,
and interesting to be with, someone who is also loving, family oriented, a real
woman who wants be with
and respects a real
man,
and more often than not someone who also takes care of herself physically, dresses well, looks very
young for her age
and is usually very attractive, the leftover Chinese
woman is no longer wanted by Chinese
men.
Small, incidental scenes
contribute nifty insights
and shading: the Post sends a
young reporter up to New York to sneak into the Times offices to try to find out what Sheehan is up to; an elite dinner at Graham's home concludes when the
men and women retire to different rooms, as if it were still 19th century England; when Sheehan's first Pentagon Papers story is set to break in the Times the next morning, it's none other than McNamara (Bruce Greenwood) himself who calls his old friend Graham to alert her.
In particular, enriching field trips
contribute to the development of students into civilized
young men and women who possess more knowledge about art, have stronger critical - thinking skills, exhibit increased historical empathy, display higher levels of tolerance,
and have a greater taste for consuming art
and culture.
But right now, far too many
young men and women are more - likely to flunk out of higher education; one - third of freshmen collegians end up taking remedial math
and English courses, a factor that
contributes to low college graduation rates at all levels of traditional
and for - profit higher ed.