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Others question whether the issue is really that crucial. Cleta Deatherage, a state representative from Oklahoma, a member of the commission and an IOP fellow, says the issue was created by members of the media who are bored with covering the current long process. Noting that the window closes off...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Democrats Reform Some Reforms | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

All directors of propaganda films produced by states, especially conventional socialist states with their idiot stress on the homogenized man, fill their frames with crowds, great agglomerations shot from above, or from behind as they cheer some arm-waving uniformed leader. If individuals appear, they represent stereotypes--broad smiles, broader...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Workers' Paradise | 11/19/1981 | See Source »

He sang two songs in which the catch word was spelled out letter by letter in the chorus: "R - O - C - K...Rock!" and "L - O - V - E - R - S...Modern Lovers!" One guy in the 20th row managed to light himself on fire he was so bored.

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Stoned in Hartford | 11/12/1981 | See Source »

A recent study done at Johns Hopkins University showed that only 14% of teen-agers seek birth control advice before their first sexual encounter. For some girls, having an illegitimate baby is a sought-after sign of maturity. Says James Whitten, director of Harlem's Reality House: "They would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Black and White, Unwed All Over | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

In the meantime, consider the story of Ponce de León, who was in his 50s when he first heard of the Fountain of Youth. He had subdued the natives of Puerto Rico to become a secure but bored governor. Supposedly an old Indian slave told him of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Shapes Up: One, two, ugh, groan, splash: get lean, get taut, think gorgeous | 11/2/1981 | See Source »

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