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During the '20s, the feminist drive for equal rights for women was partly responsible for an increase in premarital sex even greater than the present acceleration. Today's extreme militants, who believe that the new wave of permissiveness is a conspiracy to exploit them, want to put a damper on sex. But for the vast majority of women, the movement stands in part for a new freedom in sexual matters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teen-Age Sex: Letting the Pendulum Swing | 8/21/1972 | See Source »

...English Actor Kenneth Haigh) has nothing to do, and the script leaves him nothing to say or think. The plot, such as it is, consists of four strands: the foiled escape; the efforts of the garrison commander (Richardson) to move his prisoner from a damp villa to an even damper one; a couple of perfunctory sexual bouts by Napoleon with a married woman (Billie Whitelaw) and a 17-year-old groupie; and some dotty politicking (sample: "I want Vienna!") with Lord Sissal, who is making a deal to restore Napoleon to France on condition that he attack Prussia forthwith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Historical Stuffing | 1/31/1972 | See Source »

...decline of enzyme pre-soaks has put a damper on the manufacturers' profits. They are even more concerned about the rising clamor over phosphates, a basic detergent ingredient that loosens grime in hard water. Detergent phosphates flow into the nation's waterways, where they act as nutrients and cause excessive growth of algae. In a complex process called eutrophication, these algae ultimately pollute lakes and rivers. Soap-men contend that the major sources of phosphates in the waterways are not laundry products but sewage and runoffs from chemical fertilizer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRODUCTS: As the Soapers' World Turns | 3/8/1971 | See Source »

Yovicsin was given a going-away present by the team-a portrait of himself which appeared on the cover of the Dartmouth program. He was introduced by President Pusey, who managed to put a damper on an otherwise inebriated evening with a philosophical digression on education, society and intercollegiate football...

Author: By R. W. D., | Title: Ignacio Elected Football Captain; Farneti, Waldstein Win Trophies | 11/24/1970 | See Source »

Harvard, at least, seems to be at a psychological high point. Its last three practices have been well attended and beneficial, and two wins over non-league opponents were encouraging. The team is well aware that a loss today would put a real damper on the season...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Lacrosse Team Must Beat Bruins In Order to Stay in League Race | 4/29/1970 | See Source »

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