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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...almost scored the winning touchdown himself, but was stopped on the one foot line with :07 seconds remaining--setting up Wilford's game winning touchdown...

Author: By Mackie Dougherty, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Athlete of the Week: Chris Menick '00 | 10/26/1999 | See Source »

Their standards for virginity, though, are generous. Almost all the students, for example, take a Clintonian approach to oral sex. "You can't get a girl pregnant by having oral sex," says Peter. "In Webster, in St. Louis, oral sex is not sex. It's just foreplay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thursday: 6:00 P.M. Teen Romance | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

Lunch is one of the few outlets left. A senior who has smoked almost daily since freshman year keeps a bong in his car, which has marijuana seeds scattered all over it. During the 27 minutes he has to drive to Burger King and back, he gets high. "It makes school more interesting," he says. He notes that he's lost his ambition over the years, though he doesn't know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tuesday: 1:20 P.M. At The Party | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

Sweeping the kitchen floor after his haircut, Bobby pays no attention to the clock. It's almost time for a meeting for players and parents at school on the complicated rules for NCAA eligibility. Bobby has got half a dozen introductory letters from college coaches, but it's too early for offers. Will he attend tonight's meeting? "Nah," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wednesday: 7:01 P.M. Home And Away | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...Herm brings his mini-sermon to a quick close. There is a scuffle and a muted shout, and the horde empties almost instantaneously into the fleet of cars. Out the open windows you can hear strains of September's inescapable novelty hit, Lou Bega's mildly salacious Mambo No. 5: "A little bit of Monica in my life/ A little bit of Erica by my side... / A little bit of Sandra in the sun/ A little bit of Mary all nightlong." The kids sing along. But not as loudly as they did in Club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wednesday: 7:00 P.M. Faith | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

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