It's Only the End of the World is a deeply pessimistic film on the subject of "family": which emerges as not a supportive, nurturing institution, but something unbearable and clinging.
This is particularly painful for the black student, who recognizes the benefit of attending a cost-effective, nurturing institution that provides the academic attention and the socially fulfilling experiences for minorities not commonly found at larger, "more diverse" campuses.
Democracies, in contrast, nurture institutions and place constraints on abusive practices.
The court also rejected the argument that DOMA was aimed at "defending and nurturing the institution of traditional, heterosexual marriage".
In adopting the Defense of Marriage Act, Congress said the government had a legitimate interest in "defending and nurturing the institution of traditional heterosexual marriage".
Congress advanced four such justifications for this statute: "(1) encouraging responsible procreation and child-bearing, (2) defending and nurturing the institution of traditional heterosexual marriage, (3) defending traditional notions of morality, and (4) preserving scarce resources".
Dan Amira at New York magazine notes that the record says explicitly: "the Committee briefly discusses four of the governmental interests advanced by this legislation: (1) defending and nurturing the institution of traditional, heterosexual marriage; (2) defending traditional notions of morality".
With self-effacing dedication and limitless generosity, Craig nurtured the institution and those who came there, fostering young talent, encouraging new approaches and endeavors, extolling scholarly achievement, teaching us all the enduring value of humane learning and the life of the mind.
She helped nurture the institution over several decades and was a Charter Member and later lifetime Emeritus Member of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection Advisory Board.
Whether in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq or Afghanistan, nation-builders have been forced to recognize the difficulty of nurturing the institutions, norms and habits of functioning states.
Kurdistan, by contrast, has a chance to build a balanced democracy, because it is nurturing the institutions of liberty, not just holding elections.
