Word: pill
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Women have had access to the Pill for nearly 30 years, and many now unabashedly woo reluctant dates with phone calls and American Express gold cards. But they are still not sure what to make of sex. On the one hand, they want the freedom to express their sexual needs; on the other hand, they resent the idea that they should "express themselves" after every dutch treat at the Steak 'n' Ale. Calls for the Sensitive Man alternate with pleas for a few good neo-Neanderthals...
...Radcliffe. When she later sought work at the electronics companies around Boston, she was startled to find how little many American executives seemed to know about Japan. Says she: "They know they have a lot to learn, but because they're so busy, they want some kind of instant pill to learn...
Name the most popular form of birth control in the U.S. No, not the Pill. According to a report issued last week by the National Center for Health Statistics, the Pill has been superseded by male and female sterilization. About 22% of women using contraception have had tubal ligations or hysterectomies, and 11% of men have had vasectomies. Only 29% of women using birth control rely on the Pill...
...findings are based on interviews conducted in 1982 and 1983 with 7,969 women, ages 15 to 44; the results were compared with earlier surveys. The Pill, which was the most favored contraceptive in 1966, has fallen in popularity because of fears about potential health risks, particularly among women over 35 who smoke. The Pill's decline has also been affected by the trend toward smaller families, researchers say; women who do not want to have more children are increasingly seeking surgical sterilization. Among married women using birth control, the use of the Pill dropped from...
DIED. John Rock, 94, flinty, pioneering obstetrician-gynecologist who played the key role in developing, testing and popularizing the birth control pill, which helped spark a revolution in sexual mores, population control and the status of women; of a heart attack; in Peterborough, N.H. A researcher in human reproduction who spent the first two-thirds of his career trying to help women overcome infertility, he became alarmed at the specter of world overpopulation and began working on a hormonal birth control method in the 1950s with Biologists Gregory Pincus and Min-chueh Chang. Because the pill they developed used...