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Original Source Anecdotally, adolescent vegetarianism seems to be rising, thanks in part to YouTube animal slaughter videos that shock the developing sensibilities of many U.S. children. But there isn't enough long-term data to prove that, according to government researchers. -Mike Stobbe

If more adolescents are becoming vegetarian, it may be related to "YouTube animal slaughter videos that shock the developing sensibilities of many U.S. children" (Stobbe 649).

Original Source Regressive changes in governmental tax policies the weakening of labor unions over the last quarter century have led to a significant rise in the level of inequality between the rich and the middle class. -Gregory Mantsios

Mantsios counters that "regressive changes" tax policy along with a loss of influence for organized labor helped create a "significant rise in the level of inequality" between wealthy and middle-income Americans (701).

Original Source Do temperamentally violent kids seek out shows that express feelings they already have, or are they in it for the adrenaline boost? -Maggie Cutler

"Do temperamentally violent kids seek out shows that express feelings they already have?" Cutler asks (64).

Original Source The Internet has turned teenagers into honest documentarians of their own lives—reporters embedded in their homes, their schools, their own heads. But this is also why it's dangerous, why we can't seem to recognize that it's just a medium. We're afraid. Our kids know things we don't. -Amy Goldwasser

According to Goldwasser, the cause for fear is that Internet access "has turned teenagers into honest documentarians of their own lives. . . Our kids know things we don't" (667).

Original Source Following a rule of good manners may mean doing something you do not want to do, and the weird rhetoric of our self-indulgent age resists the idea that we have such things as obligations to others. -Stephen L. Carter

Describing a decline in the behavior of young people, Stephen L. Carter worries that "the weird rhetoric of [this] self-indulgent age resists the idea" of self-control and good manners (672).

Original Source To be very clear, then, I am not criticizing the work of Habitat for Humanity. -Diana George

Although their advertisements are the subject of her analysis, George is careful to state "I am not criticizing the work of Habitat for Humanity" (623).

Original Source Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it. -Joan Didion

Didion suggests that "grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it" (929).

Original Source Already he thinks of himself as someone who will give away what he has to those in need. -Jay Parini

Parini says of Warren Buffett that "already he thinks of himself as someone who will give away what he has to those in need" (938).

Original Source Most editors test their covers in focus groups in an endless search for the magic that will make their magazines fly off the shelves—and to avoid costly mistakes. -Katharine Q. Seelye

Seelye argues that magazine editors are seeking "the magic that will make their magazines fly off the shelves" (604).

Original Source I haven't found a soul who tried this machine who wasn't appalled, baffled, or both. -David Pogue

When evaluating the BlackBerry, Pogue complains "I haven't found a soul who tried this machine who wasn't appalled, baffled, or both" (D7).