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...Studies suggest that the virus may pass more readily from woman to man during that time. A condom provides protection, but it is probably safer to abstain from vaginal intercourse during a period...
Alarcon was the only speaker. Others who had planned to speak, including Iraq, Libya, Vietnam and Afghanistan, withdrew when the resolution was withdrawn. Most Latin nations had indicated they would abstain and some indicated they would vote...
...earnings of his second wife Alma, a buyer at Saks Fifth Avenue. Until late in life he kept his name in the Manhattan phone book, and at lunch hour he could be found munching a vegetarian meal at his favorite West Side cafeteria. When he was asked, "Do you abstain from meat for your health?" Singer liked to focus his cerulean eyes on the interviewer. "I don't worry about my arteries," he would explain. "I worry about the arteries of the chicken...
...many others. The Episcopal convention will debate a conservative counterblast from 60 bishops, led by William Frey, dean of Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in Ambler, Pa. The proposal would amend canon law to place all clergy "under the obligation to abstain from sexual relations outside of Holy Matrimony." Observes Frey: "Many of us believe that the sexual revolution has run its course, leaving in its wake thousands of broken marriages, a sharp rise in teenage pregnancies, millions of convenience- motivated abortions, a multibillion-dollar pornography industry and a mushrooming AIDS epidemic. What could be better news than the proclamation...
...girl he loves, Wenonah Lindberg, says they plan to learn about safe sex * and will abstain from intercourse. Her parents have given their blessing to a Dec. 13 wedding in Texas, where 14-year-olds can legally marry. "She has a better chance of contracting HIV from dating than with Ricky," says her mother Debbie. "If she does, it's God's will." Adds Ricky's father: "All we want is for him to be happy...