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		<title>In case you missed it: The continuing saga of a word</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/09/17/language-22432/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times changed its stylebook earlier this year to discourage the use of the term &#8220;midget&#8221; after a public outcry was raised over its description of a 1930&#8242;s-era photograph of circus performer Lya Graf with financier J.P. Morgan, Jr. (left). Apparently the Washington Post missed the memo. A Post story this week by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Column: &#8216;Step right up for today&#8217;s sideshows&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/08/05/todays-sideshows-21332/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Luaine Lee compares reality television to a P.T. Barnum sideshow of &#8220;freaks and geeks.&#8221; An excerpt: Of course, when Barnum turned tiny Charles Sherwood Stratton into Tom Thumb, the most famous little person in the world, he had no idea that 21st-century America would follow his lead with The Little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writer: LPA taking a stand against public ridicule</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/17/word-midget-20247/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in Salon.com, Lynn Harris says the campaign by the Little People of America against the word &#8220;midget&#8221; is not an attempt at censorship but rather a bid for public sensitivity and respect. Prompting the group&#8217;s effort was an episode of Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Celebrity Apprentice&#8221; last April in which contestants created &#8220;Jesse James Gets Dirty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advocacy group seeks FCC ban on term &#8216;midget&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/07/fcc-midget-ban-sought-19699/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Newsday, Associated Press: At the annual Little People of America (LPA) conference, the national advocacy organization called for the Federal Communications Commission to ban the word &#8220;midget&#8221; from broadcast TV. The group said it had filed an official complaint with the FCC. The request was prompted by an April episode of Donald Trump&#8217;s NBC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY Times style manual nixes the term &#8216;midget&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/04/20/nytimes-style-14723/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clark Hoyt, public editor of the New York Times, says the organization&#8217;s style manual now decrees that the word &#8220;dwarf&#8221; &#8212; not &#8220;midget&#8221; &#8212; should be used to refer to people with a genetic condition resulting in unusually short stature. The recent change came about after a public outcry was raised over the use of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Micro Wrestling&#8217;: Exploitation or entertainment?</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/03/09/midget-wrestling-11247/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Entertainers from the Micro Wrestling Federation say they enjoy their work as &#8220;midget wrestlers,&#8221; but the Little People of America group asserts that the shows reinforce stereotypes. Gary Arnold, vice president of public relations for the Little People of America, a 6,000-member national organization which advocates for people with dwarfism, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Steven Miller named Obama special assistant</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/02/19/paul-steven-miller-named-obama-special-assistant-10097/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Seattle Times: University of Washington law professor Paul Steven Miller, an expert in disability and employment discrimination law, has been named a special assistant to the president. He will advise the administration on political appointments, including those in the Department of Justice, the Department of Education and a host of regulatory agencies. Miller [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Growing Pains&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/12/03/growing-pains-5350/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caitlin Gibson, writing in the Washington Post Magazine, documents Caitlin Schroeder&#8217;s decision to undergo a painful limb lengthening procedure and months of physical therapy. Thirteen-year-old Caitlin (shown left) was born with a form of dwarfism. Caitlin&#8217;s mother was hesitant but allowed her daughter to learn about the options. The teenager chose to proceed because she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Little person no more&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/10/14/little-person-no-more-3455/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Good Morning America/ABC News: Tiffanie Didonato, who was born with diastrophic dysplasia, a type of dwarfism, said she decided to undergo a controversial and painful bone-lengthening surgery and increase her height by 10 inches so that she could become more independent. Didonato said she decided to proceed with the surgery after an experience with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little people gather, share lives</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/10/04/little-people-gather-3381/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, an extended feature on people who are gathering in Virginia Beach for a regional conference of the Little People of America. Conventions of the nonprofit organization are sweet relief for people with dwarfism and their families. They provide a world where being unable to reach the water fountain is no big [...]]]></description>
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