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...While U.S. teens are no more likely to be sexually active than their European or Canadian counterparts, they are much more likely to become parents. The birth rate for American teens last year was 48.7 births for every 1,000 females between the ages of 15 and 19. By contrast the birth rates in France and Sweden were 10 births per 1,000. A new study from the Alan Guttmacher Institute finds that sexually active American teens are far less likely to use birth control than their foreign peers and less likely to have an abortion...
...Aaliyah's last role will shock some of her fans because it's such a contrast to her "sweet but street" image. "The Queen of the Damned" was filmed in and around Melbourne, Australia. The first scene Aaliyah shot was a striking one. Her character goes into a vampire bar, flirts outrageously with some of the patrons, ends up ripping one poor guy's heart out, and then goes on to incinerate the rest of the clientele. Afterwards, Aaliyah's character struts away, happy and satisfied with the mayhem she has just brought about. "It's a very cool scene...
...house’s spaces, while various black and white photographs offer contemporary documentation of the house. These photographs were taken by a range of photographers, from Adelard Legare, the Fisher’s Island Army Photographer, to Harold H. Costain, a photographer for Town and Country. The contrast between the stark, geometrical lines of the house and its surrounding organic landscape made for stunning photographs, a fact that the prominent architectural photographer G.E. Kidden Smith immediately noticed. At the end of the exhibit, a compilation of Brown home videos is shown to display the Browns’ encounter with...
...humor, romance, mystery and suspense. The film is intricately layered, which is evident in its treatment of issues such as appearance versus reality, and casual sex versus true love. The relationships between David and his best friend Brian (Jason Lee) and his psychiatrist (Kurt Russell) provide a much-needed contrast to his relationships with the female characters, and serve to complicate an already complicated psychological portrait...
...sincerity is a disarming contrast to the cynicism and social climbing rampant across this campus. This quality extends beyond his professional relationships to his private life. Indeed, blockmmate Josh E. Cogswell ‘02 attests that “He’s the type of guy I want to set my girlfriends up with.” Alas, ladies, Smith has been in a committed relationship with a Northwestern senior for two and a half years. His room is a shrine to their relationship, wallpapered with images...