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...book, says psychobiologist June Reinisch, head of the Kinsey Institute and co-author of the report with Ruth Beasley, is designed to be a "friendly encyclopedia," telling readers in question-and-answer format everything they ever wanted to know about sex but were too shy to ask. "Most people are pretty ignorant about sex," explains Reinisch. "They believe they know everything they need to know. If you believe you know something, you don't even go looking for answers." Some questions may seem trivial, she concedes, but all deal with vital information that can affect health and well-being...
...thirtysomething, The Wonder Years, The Simpsons -- did not invent new genres, but at least they invested them with a distinctive style or voice. Even Twin Peaks did not depart radically from the conventions of TV soap operas: what the audience responded to was Lynch's idiosyncratic take on the format...
...critics dismiss the new generation as culture vultures. But there is another way of looking at them: as open-minded samplers of an increasingly diverse cultural buffet. Rap music has fueled a fresh array of clothing styles and political attitudes, not to mention musical innovations. A new, hot radio format has evolved to provide exposure for such urban dance-music acts as Soul II Soul and Lisa Stansfield. On television, MTV has grown from an exclusively rock-'n'-roll outlet to one that encompasses pop, soul, reggae and even disco. Like Madonna in her hit song Vogue, this generation knows...
...machine will have stereo sound and the ability to display 32,768 color gradations, up from 52 in the old model. Eager customers should know that the upgraded hardware will not play the old Nintendo cassettes, some 350 million of which have been sold worldwide. A series of new-format cassettes, at $50 or so each, will be available from Nintendo...
...subsidiary of French-owned Hachette, is looking to sell Woman's Day to offset Hachette's estimated $400 million U.S. debt. Murdoch's News Corp., reportedly $6.5 billion in debt, will soon begin experimenting with the venerable but faltering TV Guide, adjusting the magazine's iconic size and format in an effort to become more accessible and compete with proliferating local cable guides. Leslie Hinton, president of Murdoch Magazines, rejects speculation that foreign investors want out of the U.S. altogether. "Things go up and down," he says. "It would be pretty shortsighted of us to abandon the market right...