No, playing with a Barbie doll isn't going to destroy brain cells, or cause things such as cancer, but the mental impact this small $15 doll could cause your child to have in the long run, could be devastating. ... Are we grasping that women who are 5'11" and 250 lbs. are not meant to have stick legs and a "thigh gap" or are we just so stuck in the era that a "beautiful woman" has to contain these things? ... Maybe we are introducing these things to children at such a young age because we know that they helped benefit our lives, but we aren't looking en...

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Also, like the Space Needle, the legs supporting the pod gradually incline outward to make it structurally sound. ... As a designer of the tallest free stand structure in the world that is going to be located five miles from an international airport, I would certainly deem it important to check FAA regulations before spending a significant amount of money on additional testing, engineering, and computer software. ... In the case of the Space Needle, the engineers doubled whatever the code requirements were back in 1961, and even today the structure is still up to code unlike a lot of st...

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Wherever gangs go, they will need to recruit additional members. ... Self Recruitment For whatever reasons, many teens go looking for a gang and ask to join. ... This can go on from 45 seconds to five minutes.The meaning of a gang initiation is a rite, ceremony, or instructions with which one is made a member of the gang. ... Some other gang attire are; Use of one or two colors, and/or refusing to wear certain colors, wearing the same style, much like a "uniform", bandannas, on head, an arm or leg, or both, hats & baggy clothing with gang street names, nicknames, etc. ...

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In recent years, availability of attainable air travel has enabled African Americans to go back to the essence from which this great culture derived (Africa) and gather the information needed to teach and assist others. ...

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