Word: anus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...proctor meetings. Contrary to popular belief, the term "proctor" does not derive from the Greek proktos, meaning anus. Instead, it comes from the Middle English procutour, meaning "one who holds meetings until at least half of those present fall asleep." Our proctor--and this is not a joke--once took 15 minutes to tell us not to throw oranges out of our windows at passing administrators...
...wait. And wait. First Maxwell wraps a deal for a Moroccan satellite channel. Next his personal secretary, Andrea Martin, 25, a pale blond, appears with a message. Maxwell reads it and thunders, "He is as keen on this idea as if he was bitten by a rattler on the anus." Accustomed to such eruptions, Martin slips away as another button lights. "Latrine rumors!" he shouts into the speaker. "We are going to sue." Suddenly, he tells the Israelis he will aid the bond drive. "I always say yes. If I were a woman, I would always be pregnant," he says...
Between 5% and 15% of those with persistent warts are expected to develop cancer, says Virologist Wayne Lancaster of Georgetown University. The most common by far is cancer of the cervix, but HPV has also been blamed for tumors of the vulva, vagina, anus and penis. The virus alone, however, probably does not cause cancer. Instead, say researchers, one or more of several co-factors seem to be required to trigger the disease. Among the suspected culprits: smoking, birth-control pills, and the presence of herpes and other venereal infections...
...only known protection against the AIDS virus and other venereal diseases is abstinence or the use of a condom. The AIDS virus can only be transmitted through semen and blood. Because one can never be assured of being free of the smallest lesions in the mouth, anus, or vagina, consistent use of a latex condom is recommended...
...officers that Hardwick might be in his bedroom. The officers checked and found Hardwick with another man.) Although the prosecution dropped the sodomy charge, Hardwick sued for a ruling on Georgia's law that prohibits "any sex act involving the sex organs of one person and the mouth or anus of another" and provides a prison term of up to 20 years. The case reached the Supreme Court this spring. A Georgia assistant attorney general argued that a ruling protecting private homosexual and heterosexual acts between consenting adults would undermine the state's efforts to maintain a "decent and moral...