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...address (he question of whether the lack of any procreative aspect to sex affects homosexuality. The conclusions are stated with caution and caveats-the sample is small and may not be representative of the general homosexual population. There is also a warning that sex in the lab may differ from sex at home. As Masters told TIME Correspondent Ruth Galvin: "We can't say what happens beneath the sheets when the lights are out." The prose is opaque, studded with such assaults on English as "stimulative approach opportunity" (foreplay) and "vocalized performance concerns" (talking about sex). Still, Masters and Johnson...
...although its divisions are not as extensive as those in Christianity. About 90% of all Muslims are Sunnis (from sunna, "the tradition of the Prophet"), who consider themselves Islam's orthodoxy. In Iran and Iraq, the majority of Muslims are Shi'ites ("partisans" of 'Ali), who differ from the Sunnis in some of their interpretations of the Shari'a and in their understanding of Muhammad's succession. The Prophet left no generally recognized instructions on how the leadership of Islam would be settled after his death. The Sunnis believe that its leader should be nominated...
Carter's aides favor freeing up prices but differ on how much, how soon...
Each major oil company charges almost exactly the same wholesale price to all its franchised dealers. Exxon's price to its dealers throughout the U.S. varies by as little as tenths of a cent a gallon for the same grade of gas. But the wholesale price can differ drastically from company to company. In Houston, for example, Exxon sells unleaded gasoline to its service stations for 56.9? per gal. and Phillips for 65.1?, while Shell charges 61.8? for its premium unleaded. The oil companies have no control over the price at the pump. That is set by the individual...
Director Walter Hill does not seem to know much about contemporary teenage hoods. The gangs in his film differ only slightly from the Dead End Kids of the '30s, the Jets of West Side Story, or even the Sweathogs of TV's Welcome Back, Kotter. With a little help from a concerned social worker, these misunderstood kids could probably be college timber. What Hill does understand is the steely textures of urban nightmares. From its opening image−a neon pink Coney Is land Ferris wheel against an inky sky−to its final burst of gore...