Documents tagged "Choice"
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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032435.txt
The article discusses the trend of affluent Chinese seeking English-style butlers in their homes, which has grown sharply in recent years. Butler training schools and agencies have been doing business in China for over a decade, with most recruits being Chinese and many being women. The International Butler Academy China opened in 2014 and offers a six-week boot camp on dinner service, managing homes, and other minutiae of high living. The article also mentions the influence of the television series "Downton Abbey" in sparking interest in butler services among Chinese audiences.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026321.txt
The document is a series of emails discussing the topic of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) and its potential effects on political outcomes. One person mentions that there are empirical studies showing RCV increases turnout, while another notes that extremists may run under RCV but centrists could defeat them. Another person discusses how RCV could have impacted the 2016 US presidential election, suggesting that Bernie Sanders could have run as an independent without risking a Trump victory if RCV had been used.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019088.txt
In the late 1970s, the author was torn between their role as an underground abortion referral service and a stand-up satirist who performed jokes about rape. After Roe vs Wade legalized abortion, they believed it would never be made illegal again, but in 2012, they became disillusioned with the right-wing religious conservative movement's attempts to re-criminalize reproductive rights. The author eventually dropped a controversial joke that involved the "rape-in" of legislator's wives after receiving backlash from feminist friends. In July 2012, a woman who prefers to remain anonymous went to a comedy club and sparked widespread controversy by expressing her disapproval of rape jokes being performed at the venue.