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...divide couples into higher-drive spouses and lower-drive spouses. Is that always true in marriages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Help for Sex-Starved Wives | 4/7/2008 | See Source »

...mismatched in their sexual desire. That in and of itself is not a deal-breaker and is not necessarily a problem. How couples deal with that really becomes the issue. We discovered in the survey, and it bears itself out in my practice, that the person with the lower sex drive controls the sexual relationship, not out of a need to manipulate or control, but because they have veto power. If they're not in the mood, it doesn't happen. There's an unspoken agreement: the person with the lower desire expects his or her spouse to accept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Help for Sex-Starved Wives | 4/7/2008 | See Source »

...said before, sometimes guys are just overwhelmed, or they're fatigued, or they're drinking alcohol, which might lower their libido and their ability to function. So the "no" part is that it could have absolutely nothing to do with their wives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Help for Sex-Starved Wives | 4/7/2008 | See Source »

...already affluent farmers could be better spent elsewhere. In 2005, the government doled out $25 billion to farmers, which was 50 percent more than the amount received by welfare families. Many in the executive and legislative branch agree, and have tried to cut back the subsidies and dramatically lower the maximum income level for receiving them. Still, the farming industry and its lobbyists won’t go without a fight, and the deeply ingrained subsidy programs will require a struggle to dismantle. Farming has a particularly strong valence in our national consciousness. The image of the courageous yeoman farmer...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: Harvesting Cash | 4/7/2008 | See Source »

...Basically the wires in the wall, even though they can support higher speeds, are all tuned to a lower speed, we think, to avoid certain kinds of problems,” Kroll said. “We’re not completely sure why, but we know that this happens...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wireless Satisfaction On The Rise | 4/4/2008 | See Source »

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