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Police officers would not confirm the identity of the two individuals. The man is Caucasian, in his 20s, and has a beard and mustache. As of last night, police were unable to say whether the two are affiliated with Harvard...

Author: By Steven A. Engel, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Woman Hospitalized After Drug Overdose | 10/16/1992 | See Source »

...20s: "She takes good ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Having It All | 9/21/1992 | See Source »

This season's credo: fun in the 20s, angst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 9/14/1992 | See Source »

Jerry, a suburban Atlanta therapist in his late 20s, knew he was running major risks when he fell in love half a dozen years ago with a man some years older. From the first date, they practiced safe sex. But there is no prophylactic protection against grief. When the relationship was less than a year old, his lover was found to have AIDS. Jerry says he never considered leaving during five harrowing years. But he adds tearfully that he could not imagine involving himself with an HIV-positive man again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gays and AIDS: An Identity Forged in Flames | 8/3/1992 | See Source »

Chinese officials are quick to deny that undue resources pour into competitive sports. But in a nation with only 60 swimming pools, there are 10 elite diving schools. Students are supervised virtually nonstop, cut off from families unless relatives happen to live nearby, forbidden to date until their 20s and expected to train so hard that most wind up unfit for work outside athletics. Some are left virtually illiterate in a land where, by Confucian tradition, intellectual pursuits are prized over physical ones. In exchange, athletes (and often their families) enjoy better jobs and housing. They wear imported athletic clothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diving China's Chosen Ones | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

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