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What's wrong with him? Paranoia. Hypochondria. Body dysmorphia. Egomania. He's anorexic. Also a terrible overeater. He's a recovering alcoholic and an insomniac, but he made up for that by becoming a very serious drug addict. He's agoraphobic and argyle-phobic, which means he's afraid of argyle socks...
Commitment-phobic JACK WHITE starts third band...
First I was upset that both pieces began with attacks against their opponents rather than addressing any arguments. Supporters of single-sex education are not “cootie-phobic,” and supporters of coeducation are not “the gender police.” Education is such an important issue, and Harvard students, the people who unfortunately might very well be making the decisions about it in the future, revert to juvenile name-calling tactics...
Some cootie-phobic students’ wishes are coming true: Many public schools are reverting to single-sex classrooms where boys and girls are segregated. Supporters of the 445 such classrooms nationwide insist that separating the two sexes will allow students to learn better. For the most part, they claim that females will be more likely to speak up in a classroom where there are no males and that males will focus more on learning and less on showing off to the girls by causing trouble. In general, we are in favor of innovative education methods. Yet reverting to single...
Customers have long been able to take a car for a test-drive or listen to a stereo beforebuying. But other kinds of retailers are finally catching on, and they're being lauded for expanding the concept of using samples to entice commitment-phobic consumers. A Mercedes is one thing, but a fine wine? Here are some new things to try before...