Read the excerpt from "fish cheeks." dinner threw me deeper into despair. my relatives licked the ends of their chopsticks and reached across the table, dipping them into the dozen or so plates of food. robert and their family waited patiently for platters to be passed to them. what message does amy tan's description send?

Some states did honor the voting rights for women

An informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.