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First, in response to popular demand, some statistics: The Department of Health and Human Services reports that teen pregnancy rates have fallen significantly each year in the 1990s; in 1996 there were fewer teen pregnancies than at any time in two decades. Analysts at HHS attribute this decline to several factors, including decreased sexual activity, increases in condom use and the adoption of new (injectable or implant) contraceptive devices. In other words, the good news about teen pregnancy is traceable to a combination of abstinence and contraceptive education, or an inclusive curriculum. Not coincidentally, the vast majority of Americans favor...
...site continues, there are ways to lessen the inherent risks, including condoms, the pill and other forms of contraception. This organization, like many others, places a great deal of emphasis on methods of preventing pregnancy and disease - two of the most serious risks to the intellectual achievement and general health of teenagers today...
...cure-all, the argument being that if we can just take big money and special interests out of the picture, we'll return the government to the people. They say special interests have crippled Congress, rendering it unable to make the improvements the public demands in such areas as health care, education and Social Security. The tack appears to be working as polls show both candidate's popularity on the rise in New Hampshire...
...even Lexer I. Quamie '00... Next door in Cabot, there have been outbreaks of overdue books and urinary tract infections. "Overdue books have nothing to do with UTIs. That's sex," claims Harry E. Widener '09, a representative for Lamont Library. Neil L. Rudenstine, speaking on behalf of University Health Services, disagrees. "Nope," he said. "It's overdue books."... Neil W. Holzapfel '00 has gone underground... Sunday night, Dafna V. Hochman '00 declined a date with Michael B. Fertik '00. Guess who won't be attending Mike's New Year's party at "The Fertik Estate?"... An advanced chapter...
...guessed it-the pouring rain, just so he could take a photograph of Times Square that we probably could have lifted off of any one of three dozen postcards. For those of you have been wondering who s been monopolizing all of those Wednesday afternoon appointments at UHS Mental Health, let s just say Frontier Land is a tough memory to shake...