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...black Marine corporal from Miami, has been stationed in Okinawa just a week and already: "I loooove Okinawa. Why? The ladies, they're all beee-yooo-tiful." There's a difference between viewing the ladies as delectable temptations, though, and seeing them as a free buffet course. "A young, dumb guy can get to thinking they're there for the taking," says Ray Fernandez, 33, a black former serviceman with 15 years in Okinawa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sex And Race In Okinawa | 8/27/2001 | See Source »

...think kids feel trapped just by being kids. You can't do anything when you're a kid. Adults are always trying to spoil your fun and making you follow their dumb orders. So I think kids are drawn to these books because the main characters, George and Harold, get away with so much. They're always having great adventures, and the adults can't stop them. It's great escapism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: A Hero In Briefs | 8/27/2001 | See Source »

...black Marine Corporal from Miami, has been stationed in Okinawa just a week, and already: "I loooove Okinawa. Why? The ladies, they're all beee-auuu-tiful." There's a difference between viewing the ladies as delectable temptations, though, and viewing them as a free buffet course. "A young, dumb guy can get to thinking they're there for the taking," says Ray Fernandez, 33, a black former serviceman with 15 years in Okinawa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Okinawa Nights | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

...Since federal funding is to be directly linked to how schools perform on the yearly exams, states and districts will have an incentive to dumb down their tests. The education bill passed by the Senate solves this problem by requiring all states to also administer the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). If the schools in one state show dramatic progress on the yearly state exams but not on NAEP, that would indicate to the feds that the state tests are too easy. In my government class, at the end of the year all students took the College Board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of Fair Testing | 7/13/2001 | See Source »

...your report on President Bush's trip to Europe [NATION, June 18]: I am appalled by your constant efforts to make Bush look inexperienced and dumb. You show your lack of knowledge about what he has accomplished during his terms as Governor of Texas. And as for the Kyoto Protocol, it is just a matter of common sense for Bush not to implement mandatory emissions reductions. They would be disastrous for the whole country. WILFRIED HEUER Fredericksburg, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 9, 2001 | 7/9/2001 | See Source »

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