Word: adult
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hell with pity and on to outrage for any book, movie, article or academic statement that attempts to justify incest [April 14]. To exploit a child for the gratification of an immature and sexually maladjusted adult is to deny love, warmth, nurturing and protection...
Lifting the incest taboo is consistent with the new emphasis on child sex-symbol movie stars and child porn filling "adult" bookstores. I believe the trend is related to the concept of sex as an allegory for power...
...seaborne raid against a headquarters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in the southern Lebanese town of Sarafand. The Israelis blew up houses where they said terrorists were being trained. Palestinian sources reported that 18 people were killed: six P.F.L.P. fighters, three children and nine adult civilians...
Luis Alberto Machodo, a Venezuelan cabinet member, said last night he plans to use psychological techniques of "early intervention" in infant development, curriculum changes in the school system, and adult education through the mass media to improve the level of intelligence in Venezuela...
...There is nothing serious enough to land us on a psychiatrist's couch, but we do walk around with part of us missing." In many survivors' homes, ominous silences and gaps in the family history created a somber approach to childhood and an aura of tragedy about adult lives. Says one survivor's daughter, who is now raising her own family in Naperville, Ill.: "My parents and other adults were always talking in hushed tones. They had a serious and fearful approach to life that was bound to affect...