1.   And the culture has little use for the idea of personal development through parenthood.

2.   Our culture has no Obon ready-made, but we are filling in as best we can.

3.   Secondly, later cultures had to spend too much time, resources, and energy defending themselves against invaders.

4.   The culture of dependency has to be replaced by the enterprise culture.

5.   Yet, the culture had an immense appeal to me, and I wanted to blend in and belong to it.

6.   Many cultures still have fairly strict rules about women displaying unbound hair.

7.   Also disconcerting to Downs is the effect the youth culture has on local television news.

8.   Any Eastern culture has a lot of history, many influences.

9.   As a result, women from prestige colleges and universities -- where feminist or post-feminist cultures have greater sway -- are less likely to enter pageants.

10.   As far back as the Spanish conquest, it was clear that the South American cultures had the capability for such trade.