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Whatever genetic and environmental factors are involved, says Carnes, the problem, like alcohol and drug dependency, tends to run in families. This suggests that the addictions have a similar origin. A national study he conducted found that 87% of the sex addicts surveyed claimed that other members of their families were also compulsive about sex or had some other form of addiction...
...anti-Semitism, hostility toward North African immigrants is a graver concern. In a survey in February, 76% of those polled said there were too many Arabs in the country; $ they make up some 2 million of France's 56 million people. In March three men of North African origin were brutally murdered in separate race-tinged attacks. Mayors of several towns, overwhelmed with immigrants, have tried to limit the number of foreign children in their schools. Last week the mayor of Charvieu-Chavagneux was indicted for illegally ordering the bulldozing of a mosque last August; one of the five people...
Placing defense attorneys in an adversarial relationship with their clients over the origin of funds raises serious concerns. Warns Tulsa lawyer Allen Smallwood: "If I'm subject to spilling my guts about my client's secrets every time the U.S. Attorney taps me on the shoulder, it drives a wedge between me and my client." It drives a wedge, say many legal experts, that cracks a big hole in both the Sixth Amendment right to counsel and the attorney-client privilege of confidentiality...
First among them is Moses Berger, a former academic who seems to regard the slogan DRINK CANADA DRY as a moral imperative. As a child in Montreal, he is introduced to a local clan of mysterious origin and unlimited wealth. Forty years later, Berger finally discards alcohol for a fresh obsession: writing the saga of the strange and indomitable Gurskys...
Once known only to a handful of sky divers, mountain climbers and other daredevils, bungee jumping -- the origin of the name is unknown -- has spawned dozens of clubs in recent months. One of the first, Bungee Adventures in California, has already sent 8,000 thrill seekers over the edge. Although there have been no fatalities reported in the U.S., two French jumpers fell to their deaths last year when their cords severed, and a third died after colliding with a tower...