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...when the future should hold great promise is explained by doctors as a psychological reaction to the shrinking job market. The East was never poorer than in the years after 1945, the very period in which the great postwar baby boom occurred. "Then it was a matter of rebuilding amidst the general poverty, with much hope and optimism," says Berlin family researcher Jutta Gysi. "Now, when it comes to young, childless women ((getting sterilized)), the pressure on the job market seems to be so great that they simply don't see any other alternative...
...Change has repainted a "warm" white: "Dusky Santa Fe Rose." Two long rectangular mirrors hang horizontally, the longer on the bottom, above his bed. "People usually go, 'ooh kinky!' but I just though they made my room much larger." Except for a black satin bodysuit hanging in his closet amidst black leather jackets and old graphic design projects, one wouldn't know that the artist, a government and visual and environmental studies double concentrator, is also an accomplished figure skater...
Skating was reassuring amidst the "chaos" of his first year. "Freshman year I felt I needed something to give my life structure. I thought skating was something very centering, structuring." He decided to resume training and competing when he went home for summer vacation. During his sophomore year, Chang began competing on the East Coast and fulfilled his goal of qualifying for the national championships. "I didn't do that well, but...the judges and the skating community liked the fact that I was a positive role model--staying in school and skating...
...Amidst the store's usual Gene Simmons-lookalike clientele, the then Harvard doctoral student stood out, she says. Not too much, however, since the chemistry professor has a taste for heavy metal music--Metallica and motorhead--and horror movies...
...February 23, amidst throngs of loud, drunken fans at Yale's Payne Whitney Gym, Harvard's squash team, undefeated in its nine regular season matches of the season, found itself on the brink of defeat in the national championship match against undefeated arch-rival Yale...