Word: neither
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wallet. Beth comes over and hands her a glass of water. "Mambo Number Five" plays on the loudspeaker, and Carrie bops her shoulders and beats a pattern on her leg with one hand. Beth wiggles her hips; the spikes on her low-slung belt jut from side to side. Neither smiles...
Informed adults should be free to take informed risks--including taking up smoking. Smoking initiation, however, often occurs during adolescence, when awareness of the health harms of tobacco use is limited. Neither is the addictiveness of the habit widely perceived. Furthermore, many studies show that, while youth may be aware of the risk of addiction, they may not personalize the risk...
...Social Security trust fund? First, because as a legal matter, Social Security payments are a government obligation completely unconnected to the size or existence of the trust fund. Congress may amend future benefits, and the size of the trust fund might influence its decision whether to do so. But neither the trust fund's size nor what the money is invested in is affected in any way by the government's non-Social Security budget. If the government were to default on its bonds, the trust fund would suffer a loss and (though there is no necessary legal connection) payments...
...course in wilderness first aid. "Getting ready for Y2K?" they wanted to know. "What's next, survivalist camp?" Well, no. But I do like to escape Manhattan's concrete canyons every now and again to go tramping through nearby state parks. It's not exactly isolated backcountry, but then neither is medical help just a phone call away...
...Neither can millions of other women. At a time when fictional soaps are struggling and talk-show ratings are flat, TLC has created buzz--and unprecedented ratings--among the coveted demographic of women ages 18 to 34--out of a lineup of low-budget "lifestyle documentaries" that allow viewers to peer into the lives of real people as they experience key rites of passage. Last month's premiere of A Dating Story (you guessed it, real blind dates) grabbed the No. 1 cable ranking in its time slot among younger women--a coup all the more remarkable because...