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...LITTLE BIT NUTTY, AND A LITTLE BIT SLUTTY: In March, Scribner will publish "Fast Girls: Teenage Tribes and the Myth of Promiscuity" by Emily White. Says her publisher, "With a feminist voice as bold as Susan Faludi's or Naomi Wolf's, White explores the timeless phenomenon of the archetypal high school slut and the culture that creates...
...during times when one should be able to sit down and expect game action. There are few things more deflating than sitting down to watch something of the dramatic quality of the Kirk Gibson game, only to be met with something like The Garbage-Picking, Field Goal-Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon. I don’t care how big a Tony Danza...
...Many Years From Then As the Beatles' new greatest hits album reaches No. 1 and their first film, 'A Hard Day's Night,' is rereleased in America, TIME.com contributor and Fab-ulist Martin Lewis ponders the phenomenon of their evergreen popularity...
...Understanding what’s going on within someone with HIV is impossible without recognizing the evolutionary process,” Palumbi said. “Evolution allows us to explain this phenomenon so that middle school and high school students can understand...
...grade inflation really a problem? I would say that it is nothing more than a red herring. Far from being an urgent issue, grade inflation is at most a very small and easily correctible phenomenon that affects a small percentage of Faculty in a small percentage of departments...