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Respected qualities
Ronald Kephart (rkephart@OSPREY.UNF.EDU)
Tue, 5 Mar 1996 11:43:39 -0500
In message <Pine.SUN.3.91.960304165123.567A-100000@soleil> "Elaine Hills (UND)"
writes:
> I don't know that the American culture as a whole (if that is what you were
> referring to) respects any particular qualities or type of people.
As a vertically challenged person (5' 6") with over 50 years of experience, I
can tell you that one quality, or perhaps I should say quantity, that our
culture respects inordinately is height. There are way too many too-tall people
in positions of power in our culture.
Ronald Kephart
Dept of Language & Literature
University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL USA 32224-2645
Phone: (904) 646-2580
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