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...sexual intercourse among unmarried teenage women increased by two-thirds during the 1970s. Moreover, the sexual revolution seems to have moved from the college campus to the high school and now into the junior high and grade school.[*] A 1982 survey conducted by Johns Hopkins Researchers John Kantner and Melvin Zelnick found that nearly one out of five 15-year-old girls admitted that she had already had intercourse, as did nearly a third of 16-year-olds and 43% of 17-year-olds. "In the eyes of their peers, it is important for kids to be sexually active...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Children Having Children | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...original “badass” made an appearance at the Harvard Film Archive on the evening of April 25. I am speaking, of course, of legendary African-American author, composer, and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles. Of his formidable body of work, Van Peebles is best known for his seminal 1971 film “Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song,” of which he was director, actor and writer...

Author: By Bernard L. Parham, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The ‘Story’ of Van Peebles | 5/5/2005 | See Source »

...MELVIN H. LAKE -- Kent, Wash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In God's Hands | 4/24/2005 | See Source »

...bore itself to death in expiation of some forgotten excitement." Pilgrims wandering to the rhythm of the old soft-shoe, Frank and Maisie dedicated themselves to fighting original boredom as passionately as original sin. Their son, in his own terms, is happily carrying on the family business. --By Melvin Maddocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pied Publishers | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...plaintiffs lawyer is Melvin Belli, 78, who is renowned for his personal-injury liability work. Belli thinks his case has been strengthened by court rulings in somewhat similar suits outside the tobacco industry. In the past, plaintiffs had to prove that a manufacturer was negligent in making its products. Recently, though, courts have allowed plaintiffs to collect damages without such proof. They need only establish that a manufacturer has made a defective product...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tobacco Takes A New Road | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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