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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Frisch calculated that for each year of exercise, defined as two hours of energy-intensive activity twice a week, girls can delay menarche five months. A girl who begins exercising when she is nine, can delay menarche from the average age of twelve-and-one-half to the age of 15, she says...

Author: By Wendy R. Meltzer, | Title: The Extra Benefits of Exercise | 3/4/1988 | See Source »

Jimmy Swaggart and other television evangelists were the first victims. "They should have an 11th commandment," he said. "Thou shalt not play 'pirate and the slave girl' in cheap motels...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Leno Receives Lampy Prize | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

...movie is a "fairly faithful" adaptation of the 1986 best-selling novel about a custody battle for a little girl, Clark said. She likened the film to "Kramer Vs. Kramer," a 1979 film with a similar theme...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nimoy to Shoot Film In Harvard Sq. Area | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

...creation of Stop Withholding Access Today (SWAT)--a true grassroots organization, which plans to fund its activities on behalf of the suit with the profits of a "Girl Scout-style" cookie sale--really confounds me. The organization claims that female students who are not members of final clubs are denied the exclusive opportunity to "network" with members. Thus, the premise here is that female students are missing out on that traditional Harvardian experience--power-lunching with the rich and famous...

Author: By James H. Colopy, | Title: Futile Fuss Over Final Clubs | 3/2/1988 | See Source »

FOUR years ago Peggy Fleming introduced another rival pair of skaters, both Americans, to Olympic fans. Before the competition began, the network showed clips of both stars. Rosalind Summers was spotlighted waving her arms balletically in slow, elegant moves. Elaine Zayak, a short, muscular New Jersey girl who had twice won the World Championships, was shown in falls that had marred her performances in the previous year...

Author: By Ghita Schwarz, | Title: Athletes or Aesthetes | 3/1/1988 | See Source »

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