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The proper approach (both from a scientific as well as socially-acceptable point of view) is to start from the position that there is no correlation between race and intelligence until proven otherwise.

The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010

The story elements - particularly having children portrayed as socially-acceptable objects of desire - are effectively shocking and go a long way towards painting this ultimately sad portrait of a future society gone out of control.

REVIEW: 2008 Nebula Award Short Fiction Nominees [UPDATED] 2009

The advent of the cellphone/text message/Blackberry has rendered socially-acceptable the act of being perpetually ten-minutes-late.

Lesley M. M. Blume: Let's Bring Back...Part V Lesley M. M. Blume 2010

So, it's interesting that Warhol has now become acceptable to teach to kids, which I suppose means they've built up enough socially-acceptable history or pseudo-history to paper over any hint of dangerous unacceptability?

Pop melted_snowball 2009

Over my lifetime, I've seen half a dozen changes in the socially-acceptable term for folks of African ancestry.

Pushing Buttons frankwu 2008

The advent of the cellphone/text message/Blackberry has rendered socially-acceptable the act of being perpetually ten-minutes-late.

Lesley M. M. Blume: Let's Bring Back...Part V Lesley M. M. Blume 2010

If you dislike someone because that person's personality or qualities are not to your taste (but still socially-acceptable), then your dislike is your issue and you need to decide what to do based on other considerations.

Deborah Schoeberlein: How to Mindfully Deal With Someone You Dislike 2010

In this instance however, of Israel and the flotilla, that veil operates through what has become increasingly, collectively socially-acceptable and widely endorsed antisemitism which even erupted into the astonishing comments of Helen Thomas who suggested "all Jews return" to wherever they had come from.

Qanta Ahmed, MD: Israel and the Flotilla: On the Dangers of a Binary View MD Qanta Ahmed 2010

In this instance however, of Israel and the flotilla, that veil operates through what has become increasingly, collectively socially-acceptable and widely endorsed antisemitism which even erupted into the astonishing comments of Helen Thomas who suggested "all Jews return" to wherever they had come from.

Qanta Ahmed, MD: Israel and the Flotilla: On the Dangers of a Binary View 2010

In this instance however, of Israel and the flotilla, that veil operates through what has become increasingly, collectively socially-acceptable and widely endorsed antisemitism which even erupted into the astonishing comments of Helen Thomas who suggested "all Jews return" to wherever they had come from.

Qanta Ahmed, MD: Israel and the Flotilla: On the Dangers of a Binary View 2010