... reasoned that the penis had to be plainly absent or present from infancy on, and that these children had to be raised as girls or boys with no hint of ambiguity. Accordingly, pediatric surgeons strive to benefit these patients by "normalizing" ambiguous genitalia. This included reducing enlarged clitoris (eliminating visible penis-like structures in babies assigned as females) and, because ... genitals, refashioning ambiguous male genitalia as female. It has been a standard pediatric practice to recommend surgery for infants with ambiguous genitalia. Parents are told to raise their chil...

• Word Count: 4442
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography

... be the harder route, the potential benefit of full coverage could be worth the fight. The difficulty in assessing the exact measures to take in this case comes from the ambiguity of the supervisor position, as well as the blanket definition given to supervisors under the LMRA. Regardless of whether the change comes from altercations to the LMRA or the adoption ... ...

• Word Count: 2723
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... scholars who were able to closely follow the proceedings following the election. When the popular vote was counted, Kennedy received a plurality of approximately 100,000 votes. Since there was some ambiguity about whether Alabama votes for Democratic electors were actually intended to be cast for Kennedy, whose name did not appear on the Alabama ballot, some scholars have suggested that Nixon ... ...

• Word Count: 6342
• Approx Pages: 25
• Has Bibliography

... . The hostility, distrust, and lack of coordination between different policymaking groups failed to present the president with the most informed, clear, and objective policy choices. The result ws confusion and ambiguity: "The Shah could never get the same story from the White House and the State Department; the one kept assuring him that the U.S. was solidly behind him, while the other ... ...

• Word Count: 2854
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... . It was mentioned early on that the Japanese are quite ambiguous. For this reason it is essential not to use direct yes and no answers. Unaccustomed to this kind of ambiguity, Americans tend to pressure Japanese executives for clear-cut specific responses. There are 16 different ways to say no in Japan (Nishida 42). The Japanese do not like to be ... ...

• Word Count: 8160
• Approx Pages: 33
• Grade Level: High School

... idea that religious people cannot truly call themselves people of God unless they have found love. In his poem "love is the every only god," Cummings attempts to define the ambiguity of God's identity. To achieve this, his poem melds love and God into one body of power and compassion, and not merely an icon that obligates us to attend mass ... ...

• Word Count: 4790
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: High School

... as effective as they would be if used in conjunction with traditional methods of conducting war. Attacks based on IW are also more difficult to plan for because of the ambiguity of the situation. How does a nation decide if it is just an isolated incidence of espionage or if it is fully engaged in an Information War? Also, as Mr. Latham ... ...

• Word Count: 4835
• Approx Pages: 19
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... is motivated by the desire to form an accurate view of reality and to act correctly, and is increased by the uncertainty about the correctness of one's judgment and the ambiguity of the stimulus situation (Turner, 34). We always have a considerable amount of uncertainty about our decisions, and always look for conformation from a friend or an authority. The role of the ... ...

• Word Count: 2823
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Spaniards. Before the revolutionary troops descended upon Mexico City, Hidalgo retreated with only a few associates to Dolores, where he would be executed by the gachupines only a year later. Despite his ambiguity toward the violent class struggle that was the Mexican revolution, Hidalgo is still revered as the father of Mexican independence. Eleven years of war, decades of despotic Mexican rulers and ... ...

• Word Count: 4402
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography

... day when only the "housewives" would be home. As a result, the heroines of these soap operas were presented as much stronger characters than in the adventure serials, with a certain moral ambiguity which allowed the writers to create endless subplots, twists and turns, leading to one open ended episode after the next to keep the audience coming back. These soap operas are ... ...

• Word Count: 4411
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate