Word: ages
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...improved." Devlin says he heard of a little more consternation: "'You have to do this in stages! Show them the face first, then show them the body, then...'" But Emmerich was adamant, and they all headed for the Toho boardroom. Says Lee: "It's 15 guys, in increasing age, all looking very stern." When the model was unveiled, there was an audible gasp...
...first time, the music was not enough to see him through. Age encroached. His attention strayed. His mind slipped. "Where am I?" he said one night, not too long ago, startled, looking up at the stars. "At the beach," he was told. "You're home." He nodded, but that look of sudden, alarmed absence stayed with him more and more...
...woman in that set, where the ladies could be called tramps at a moment's notice. Or to be Sammy Davis Jr., who had to endure Sinatra's cornball racial jesting at its worst. But for Sinatra, the sumptuous early '60s were a Golden Age, when gambling was still glamorous, smoking had charm and "dapper" was something you might actually want to be called. Naturally he was infatuated with J.F.K., just 18 months younger, an Irishman born to the Ivy League credentials and Establishment credibility that Sinatra never had. In return, Kennedy was fascinated by Sinatra's bachelor-in-paradise...
Letourneau is an adult who misused her position of authority to prey upon a vulnerable child both physically and emotionally. Claims that the young victim wanted to have sex and was very mature for his age deserve contempt. The molestation of young boys by adult women remains one of the least acknowledged crimes in our society and one of the most harmful. LAUREL E. FEDERBUSH Ann Arbor, Mich...
While most of us accept the fact that the law must make generalizations, such as the arbitrary designation of 16 or 18 as the age of consent, our society frequently permits exceptions to these rules. A marriage in which the bride is 13 or 14 is not unusual, and there is no talk of rape. This is appropriate. Judgments in affairs of the heart should be made on a case-by-case basis. RICHARD FEINBERG Boston...