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...while this may jibe well with the ethos of the Pepsi generation, it's a prositution of Marvell's thought. And while this simplistic distillation may sell cars, it is a corruption to pretend that yuppiedom can claim Marvell as a soulmate...
...each 45-minute class, a Harvard undergraduate works with two or three children, teaching them simple dance steps. "We start with simple movements like how to move quickly and slowly--really basic things," says Citystep instructor Magdalena Hernandez '90. The movements gradually become more complicated, she says. The children pretend to be different animals including a borsch bear which is a really heavy movement", a "cool cat", a "slithery snake where they slither across the floor" and a "fierce fox where they run and jump...
...young woman compromises and cheapens herself by openly lending herself to the companionship of young men, with all that implies. Boys pretend to scoff at such things but I don't think they really do--they like us to be pure and at their mercy or else whores who needn't trouble their consciences. But whores at least get paid...
...With our construction projects, we don't pretend to remove poverty, but we try to make it more livable," Palos says. "We think that immediate help is important, but there's also the whole idea of teaching to fish. By teaching them English, we give the kids marketability; knowing English is an advantage in the job market. This is something [the teenager] can hold on to and he can use it to improve his own life...
There are no certain answers to these questions, and that is part of the problem; it is misleading, and perhaps even dangerous, to pretend that there are. The best advice, most AIDS experts agree, is to use condoms and cut down on the number of sex partners. Reason: promiscuity increases the likelihood of encountering the virus as well as other sexually transmitted diseases that may increase susceptibility to AIDS. Some people have picked up the virus from a single sexual encounter, while others have escaped despite hundreds of sexual exposures to an infected spouse. No one knows why. The risk...