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Carruthers predicts Binkley will ultimately win—by a neck...
...going to be the first to go,” said Christopher W. Gerry ’04, whose light-colored neck whiskers are hardly noticeable from afar. “I want to outlast my roommate, at least, but it itches like hell...
Binkley said he is not planning on lathering up his neck anytime soon—even though he’s been growing his beard three days longer than his friends because he forgot to shave before the start of the contest...
Physical contact--the feeling of skin on skin, the tickle of hair on face, the intimate scent drawn in by nose pressed to neck--is one of the most precious, priceless things Homo sapiens can offer one another. Mothers and their babies share it one way, friends and siblings share it another, teams and crowds in a celebratory scrum share it a third. And of course lovers share it in the most complex...
Lately, however, a new breed of therapist and "marriage educator" is shaking up the profession. These therapists reject the passive, old-style therapies that emphasize personal growth over shared commitment and take a more aggressive, hands-around-the-neck approach to saving marriages. "They feel therapists have been too quick in calling an end to relationships and having people move on," says University of Chicago sociology professor Linda Waite. The new breed also advocates premarital skill training and early intervention in problems--learning the ropes before tying the knot. "It's like a vaccination," says Waite, "instead of having...