It's worth considering, as parents of "typical" children plan these events, or help children to plan them, whether extending an invitation a little further afield might be worth far more than the small amount of trouble or revision of plans involved.
Weigel quotes a 1915 report by a New York social worker: "The acceptance on the part of the girl of almost any invitation needs little explanation, when one realizes that she often goes pleasureless unless she accepts 'free treats.' " To have fun, a woman had to let a man pay for her and suffer the resultant damage to her reputation.
And while there's no reason we couldn't invite those same people over to our place just as often as before, I can see how a vegan dinner would be unappealing to less adventurous eaters, and as a result I think I extend the invitation a little less often than before (note to self: I need to work on this).
Therefore, in Tower Hamlets and City and Hackney, patients at highest risk were selected first for invitation whereas little or no stratification took place in Newham.
Furthermore, people attending after one or two reminders reported similar health status and smoking habits as people attending after the first letter of invitation, indicating little selection bias.
Rely on small touches here and there for getting across the wedding color scheme rather than huge bold displays of it, such as the font color on invitations, and little ribbon touches here and there.
But, he said: "The invitation came a little late -- that's fair to say.
The dinners aren't "centered around using marijuana, like a little invitation with a leaf on it," Mr. Tvert hastened to point out.
It's that or Michelle Obama's personal invitation to "a little celebration" for the president's birthday at their home in Chicago.
Even the most untrusting New Yorker won't be able to resist Jeffrey Wright's invitation to a little game of three-card monte.
