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...even learn exciting new words, like "tribadism" (Google it!). Section discussion runs from "frank" to "raunchy" as people open up on the finer points of love, gender, and anal sex. As taught by Rodriguez, this class was a definite gut. The TFs were far too kind and laid-back to care about a late paper here or there (We wonder why they were so relaxed?), and the papers were on sex-related topics of the students’ choosing. While the exams sometimes threw in surprisingly specific questions from the textbook, there were enough pictures of titties to make...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Psychology 1703, "Human Sexuality" | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...reassures, "only polished up." Old regulars who've come to believe that good jazz needs sticky carpets and nicotined walls could find the results a bit dazzling. But French designer Jacques Garcia, who also remodeled the opulent Hôtel Costes in Paris, has retained the club's laid-back ambience: red velvet, Philippe Starck lamps and brass rails (yes, they gleam), but he added another tier of banquettes to make the stage feel more like a boxing ring. "I wanted to give the musicians the feeling of absolute power," says Garcia. And where the food was always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On A New High Note | 8/22/2006 | See Source »

...They created Land Tours Ghana, a business specializing in guiding tourists through the country. Boyd, 55, now Land Tour's CEO, had visited Ghana before but had never done business in the country. She found that her go-go, type-A American personality was a poor fit with the laid-back spirit of most Ghanaians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ghana's New Money | 8/21/2006 | See Source »

...Until the recent attacks, Hizballah has never really gained a strong following in Tyre. The local people are too laid-back for the Islamic party?s zealotry, preferring instead an easy life lolling in the shade, eating fresh fried fish and slaking their thirst with chilled bottles of Lebanese beer. But that nonchalance is changing with each passing day of Israel?s onslaught against south Lebanon. Slowly but surely, Tyre?s residents are becoming radicalized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Israel's Attacks Winning New Support for Hizballah? | 7/27/2006 | See Source »

...things are going her way. The sweaty crowd at London's small but sophisticated Bush Hall last Monday already knew she was at the top of the charts - but cheered anyway. Even the blistering heat wave baking Britain's streets seemed timed to make Allen's summery blend of laid-back ska, pop and hip-hop seem all the more appropriate. Her single Smile is already as inescapable as the heat, wafting from open windows and workmen's radios alike. [an error occurred while processing this directive] The Bush Hall performance is also 21-year-old Allen's first full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reasons to Be Cheerful | 7/23/2006 | See Source »

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