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Adult sexual networks look very different and usually involve clusters of wanton individuals known to public-health experts as "core transmitters." (Think prostitutes, NBA stars.) Another surprise was the absence of tightly closed loops in which a foursome trades partners--what co-author Peter Bearman calls the Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice phenomenon, after the 1969 film. Teenagers seem to shy from such post-breakup swaps. Bearman, who heads the sociology department at Columbia University, suggests that dating the former boyfriend of your ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend may involve a loss of status or cross a line of loyalty...
...total delight, with gangly limbs always on the move, the comic timing of a vaudeville vet and a voice that can shake the balcony. She burst onto Broadway two seasons ago as the star of Thoroughly Modern Millie; she's even better here, a great singing comedian in the Carol Burnett mold. Maureen McGovern is a little stodgy as the mother, but the whole ensemble--including the men--meshes perfectly. If only the score by Jason Howland had a few decent tunes, Little Women might have been a real banquet. --By Richard Zoglin
...found no credible evidence of organized trafficking in the country. Indonesian volunteers helping displaced kids in Aceh--where 35,000 or more children have been orphaned or separated from their parents--tell TIME they are approached daily by people falsely claiming to be relatives of the orphans. UNICEF director Carol Bellamy warned of the danger after agency employees in Indonesia received text messages from a group purporting to offer Aceh's tsunami orphans for adoption."Bad people take advantage of difficult situations," Bellamy says. Although the messages themselves could have been hoaxes, the Indonesian government responded by restricting travel...
...Hundreds of thousands of children who survived the massive waves that destroyed their communities now risk getting seriously ill from something as simple as taking a drink of water." CAROL BELLAMY, UNICEF executive director, on the health risks facing the affected countries
...gallery opening—complete with catered goodies and champagne—except that in one corner the artist himself was playing a grand piano and crooning into a microphone. The music itself varied in quality and enjoyability (it was a pastiche of covers ranging from Joni Mitchell to Carol King, mixed with Prina’s original music), but what most audience members seemed most confused about was how, exactly, they were supposed to approach the performance. Should one simply relax and enjoy the music, forgetting that the event was technically a performance art piece rather than a rock...