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Worse yet, the virgin may be suspected of frigidity or lesbianism, and in deed she may suspect herself of one or the other, just as inexperienced males may question their own potency or masculinity. Having intercourse only intensifies these worries if the first experiences prove disappointing. In fact they often do. Psychiatrist Moskowitz notes that adolescents are saturated with sexual talk and books, and may take as the norm the improbable exploits they see in pornographic films. Thus they develop superhuman expectations. Young girls believe that they should have intoxicating orgasms beginning with their first night in bed with...
Details of Ned's downfall have no place in a review. They provide superior shivers and inevitably involve placid Mrs. Ranchwagon, Ned's mild suburban wife Beth. The beguiled reader concludes that Author Tryon should in deed turn serious, but there should be no complaint if he offers several more volumes of excellent nonsense before doing...
First, why were details of the purchase concealed for so long? When the deed covering the Nixons' original purchase was registered on July 15, 1969, Orange County Recorder J. Wylie Carlyle noticed something unusual: the real buyers were unnamed. The buyer of record was the Title Insurance & Trust Co. of Los Angeles, which was the Nixons' trustee. A rich or famous buyer may follow this procedure to avoid boosting the prices of nearby property skyhigh. But, says Carlyle, "I've seen only one other deed like it, and that was for Disneyland...
...word, quixotic. Generous of mind and deed, Sid Benson tries to be reconciled with his wife, visits his aging mother at her candy store, and unsuccessfully attempts to comfort a divorcee whom he picked up at a middle-aged singles dance. Benson's is a life lived at half-staff. The flags are high and snapping only in his imagination, a quaint attic of '30s and '40s swing tunes, names and faces from old copies of Photoplay, World War II stories and oddments of history...
...weeks ago, Tolbert suddenly announced that he had uncovered a plot against his regime−a rarity in Liberia, which has not had a successful coup since 1870. Three military men were arrested, but the armed forces chief of staff publicly denounced the plotters' "dastardly deed" and announced a $50,550 contribution by his officers and men to the President's cherished development fund. For the most part, Liberians seem to be delighted with Tolbert's informal manner, and they have even taken to calling him "Speedy." Tubman would have been appalled, but Tolbert does not seem...