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...course, none of the student groups clamoring for new recruits in Tercentenary Theatre at Monday's activity fair would admit as much. In fact, most go out of their way to stress what a low-key, unstructured organization they...

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, | Title: Behind the Meritocracy | 9/15/1999 | See Source »

Musafar is scornful of such "show-biz" decoration. "These people have gone way overboard with hotel-room surgery," he says. Doctors warn of possible infection and other dangers of such procedures. "From a medical point of view, none of these things have a justification," says Glenn Kane, an emergency-medicine specialist at L.A.'s Century City Hospital, "though they may from a social point of view." Daren Gardner regards his brand--a large infinity symbol--as a sign of everlasting devotion to his wife Amanda. "What I'm looking for is an emotional experience that goes beyond where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brand New Bodies | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

...slew of doctoral dissertations, none definitive, have been written on the social adjustment of home schoolers. Mary Anne Pitman, a social anthropologist at the University of Cincinnati, says, "The preponderance of evidence is, they're fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Home-School Report Card | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

...more years of education were correct 71% of the time--far more than less-educated women, whose accuracy rate was 43%. More puzzling: the most accurate predictors were women who relied on dreams or gut feelings, not physical signals. Still, says Johns Hopkins study co-author Janet DiPietro, none of the above dare "run out and paint the nursery pink or blue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Family: Sep. 13, 1999 | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

Filmmaker Jennifer Fox spent a year and a half with the family through crises and celebrations, begging--like the none too subtle title--comparison to 1973's An American Family. But where that work shocked us by showing the suburban Louds falling apart, this one is surprising for the quiet strength with which its family stays together. In the process it shows that racial rapport in America is elusive not just because of history or politics but also because, like Bill and Karen's difficult but triumphant love, it requires years of personal effort. Love Story will reward anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Two Colors, One Bond | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

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