Word: ages
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...even if the new spirit of openness is the result of some regrettable changes in sexual practices. In the good old days, we may have spoken more eliptically about the birds and the bees, but children were experimenting with sex less than they are now and divorce and teen-age pregnancy rates were similarly lower...
...democracy's discontents, the end of civic virtue, and the dissolution of the American family unit, chastity has largely been left out of the mainstream solutions which have been suggested for ending our national civic malaise. To the extent that pre-marital sexual promiscuity is correlated with high teen-age pregnancy and divorce rates, a greater emphasis upon the merits of chastity may help to alleviate some of the most pressing social ills resulting from our national loss of innocence...
...women now attend the same classes, live in the same residences, take the same tests and attend the same College, we should have the same diplomas. Radcliffe educated women at Harvard in an age when it was impossible to do so otherwise, but now things are different. To change diplomas to reflect the institutions by which female students are actually educated does not devalue or degrade the Radcliffe tradition--it would simply be a recognition of a change which has long since taken place...
Even when she was just a child on the playground in her hometown of Falls Church, Va., Annina Burns could see that some of her playmates were lacking toys, clothes and often attention. At age 15 she was still troubled by the inequity, and one day found herself turning to the section on human services in the telephone book. She began to dial. Her call to the Embry Rucker Community Shelter, a facility that houses homeless children in nearby Reston, would better not only the lives of hundreds of children but Annina's life as well...
...Georgia Nurses Foundation, which treats the homeless, distribute the socks at shelters in nearby Atlanta and Athens. Helped by Jessica and parents Herb and Patty Burris, Jeffrey got his badge. But Jessica decided the campaign had merit and kept it going. And growing. Jessica currently has 20 kids her age volunteering for Sock It to Me. Now they also collect shoes, clothing, toiletries and money for medication, to the benefit of thousands of people. "We've had more than one party sorting socks," said her mother Patty, once a big-time volunteer herself. "I'll have a sleep-over with...