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...large, the yes respondents combined disgruntlement over the mechanics of their mates' lovemaking with a desire for more human contact. A woman from Columbus wrote, "I am under 40 and would be delighted to settle for tender words and warm caresses. The rest of it is a bore. I am sure sex was designed for the pleasure of males." From Washington came the outburst: "Yes, yes, a million times yes! I would love to be spoken to tenderly. My boyfriend never says a word. If I say anything he says, 'Be quiet. You're spoiling things...
...anger came to center on Mrs. Wright, who ran the residents' lives at Taliesin West with what she proudly called "invisible discipline." Mrs. Wright decided what they wore, what they discussed at dinner and whether they should have children. "I detested her power over others," Svetlana said. "The lady bore such a resemblance to my father's worst qualities that I shrank from...
...findings of a commission headed by Israel's Supreme Court president, Yitzhak Kahan. The killings, which began two days after the assassination of Lebanese President-elect Bashir Gemayel, were carried out by Christian Phalangist militiamen. The Kahan commission concluded that Sharon had ordered the militiamen into the camps and bore "indirect responsibility" for what had happened. "It is impossible to justify the Minister of Defense's disregard of the danger of a massacre," said the commission report. Sharon resigned his post two days after the findings were released...
...right," he said at last. "You may start the exam." The four roommates turned over the pages. Each one bore the same two words: "WHICH TIRE...
...problem: one of those hopeless disaster areas known as a ghetto, an inner city, a slum. This particular one, on the northwest side of Fort Lauderdale, bore the cheerful name of Citrus Park, but it was a sullen collection of two dozen four-family stucco houses, dilapidated, garbage-strewn, crime-ridden...