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Decide whether the following paraphrases are acceptable? Why?

1. Original: "The power of cultural standards of beauty emphasize slenderness as a key feature of feminine identity" (Haworth-Hoeppner 212).

Paraphrase: The strength of our culture's standards of beauty stress thinness as a major aspect of feminine identity (Haworth-Hoeppner 212).

2. Original: "Restorative justice involves the victim, the offender, and the community in a search for solutions which promote repair, reconciliation, and reassurance" (Zher 5). Paraphrase: Restorative justice brings victim, offender, and community together in an attempt to find ways to fix damage, create harmony, and build confidence (Zher 5).

3. Original: "Changes in the atmospheric concentration of a number of air pollutants over the last century are hallmarks of the magnitude and extent of human impact on the environment" (Taylor et al., 1994, p. 689).
Paraphrase: Variations in the atmospheric concentration of several contaminants during the last century highlight the extent of the impact of people on the environ- ment (Taylor et al., 1994, p. 689).

4. Original: "The support of an outside role model, like a coach, helps improve an ath- lete's self-esteem as well as lower the chance of depression" (Stewart 17). Paraphrase: An athlete's self-esteem is improved and chance of depression is lowered if he or she can receive support from an adult role model like a coach (Stewart 17).

5. Original: "No matter how intense curiosity about public figures can be, there is an im- portant and deep principle at stake, which is the right to some simple human measure of privacy" (Ostrow).
Paraphrase: The basic right of public figures to a degree of privacy should be consid- ered more important than the public's obsessive need to know every detail of their lives (Ostrow).