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...wish to dwell on the reasons why the women at these other schools find you final club men so appealing, more appealing than the men on their own campuses. This is no great puzzle. Bringing home a Harvard guy to mom and dad has the same ring now as it did in 1950. For the guys here, the Harvard name carries more than just the expected academic and professional weight; it is a social resume builder as well. The rare combination of intelligence and "having a life" makes Harvard men most desirable dating options...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Off to Wellesley | 3/15/1996 | See Source »

...said, "You get tired, awfully tired." Others advised taking up golf, reading the sports pages and getting a personality transplant. Says one: "Don't be attractive. Don't be too smart. Don't be assertive. Pretend you're not a woman. Don't be single. Don't be a mom. Don't be a divorcee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WASHINGTON DIARY: NO SLEEP FOR THE WEARY | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

Valentine's Day went downhill after third grade. In third grade, everyone in the class spent the morning making sticky, heavily-glittered mailboxes. Evan Silverman's mom brought cupcakes, and after littering the floor with envelopes and trading orange hearts for purple, we retired to our desks, blissfully nauseous...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: Let's Return To Third Grade | 2/14/1996 | See Source »

...rapidly escalating implausibility of this film begins mildly enough, when it asks us to believe that Annie Laird (Demi Moore), a struggling artist and devoted single mom, would cheerfully set aside her preoccupations to volunteer for jury duty. Anyone else in her circumstances would be out getting a doctor's note, but no, she's actually eager to take a few weeks off to help decide the fate of a Mafia boss accused of conspiring to commit murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: A SUMMONS TO AVOID | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

Snowboarding, both freestyle and Alpine, is clearly not just a fad. It's easier to learn than skiing. It's more adaptable to changing snow conditions. And to the chagrin of its grunge contingent, Mom and Dad are buying boards. Brian Delaney, who runs adult snowboarding camps in Colorado, says the average age of his student is 40 and business is up 200% over last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIUMPH OF HATED SNOWBOARDERS | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

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