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While X-rated videos have become popular among many Americans, public tolerance for sexual materials rarely extends to the viewing of child pornography. The latter is a much more furtive activity. Until last week, however, it was unclear whether the Constitution permitted a state to outlaw at-home possession of child pornography. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court answered that question by upholding a tough Ohio law that makes personal possession of child pornography a crime. Writing for the majority, Justice White said that Ohio legitimately sought to "destroy a market for the exploitative use of children...
...goggles, a 3- D videocassette and a plug-in adapter that permits 3-D movies from the past to be shown on today's VCRs. "Interest in 3-D has never been greater," says 3-D TV founder Michael Starks, whose offerings include Cat Women of the Moon (1953), Outlaw Territory (1953) and The Stewardesses (1969), a lame R-rated adult film that is reputed to be the biggest-grossing 3-D movie of all time...
...from a low point of 149,000 in the long-haired '70s; sororities have shown a similar resurgence. Even at Yale, fraternities, once moribund, resurfaced soon after Connecticut raised the drinking age to 21. Sororities have come back to Stanford after a 40-year hiatus. Harvard continues to outlaw fraternities, as it has since the turn of the century, but students have banded together unofficially in at least three such groups...
...ordinance, effective May 5, doesn't exactly outlaw cruising. But when the traffic gets bumper-to-bumper bad, police will hand out warnings. Second offenders will be fined. Still, cruisers are defiant. "I've waited all my life to cruise," said Billy Moorehead, 17. "We're going to stay...
...immorality. Last summer, Wishnatsky even wrote President Bok, and told him "I do not have the heart to return to a Harvard that considers sexual perversion a legitimate part of student life." Bok--ever the progressive leader--promptly replied that " It is not our practice to try to outlaw homosexual groups or to discriminate against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation...Feeling as you do, you would probably do well not to return for your reunion. We will miss your presence...