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As in many other cultures, men often get more satisfaction from sex than women do, especially in rural areas. In Liu's survey, 34% of the couples living in the countryside (as opposed to 17% in the cities) said they engaged in less than a minute of foreplay or none...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Straight Talk on Sex in China | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

Many students have had no firsthand experience with different cultures until they arrive on campus and walk squarely into the middle of a grand social experiment. In the past two decades, college after college opened its doors at last to women, minorities, the poor, the disabled. Not only are most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Bigots in The Ivory Tower | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

The best place to battle willful ignorance and bigotry, of course, is in the classroom. Teaching that strengthens reason over reflex, curiosity over insularity may help improve students' behavior outside the classroom as well. Though the changes are often controversial, many colleges have revised their curricula to include courses in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Bigots in The Ivory Tower | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

Gone are the days when buying your daily bread simply meant tossing a cotton- soft white loaf into a grocery cart. More and more shoppers these days are trekking to local bakeries and specialty shops -- often braving long lines and empty bins -- in search of gourmet loaves of all sizes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Bread Goes Upper Crust | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

Many gourmet loaves are made from old French, Italian and German recipes. Some are prepared with special starters: live cultures handed down from one generation to the next, lending a distinctive flavor to the dough. Unlike many commercial varieties, these loaves are the product of a laborious, often round-the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Bread Goes Upper Crust | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

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