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That difference highlights a primary problem in the parent-child dialogue about sex. "A lot of parents think they had a conversation, and the kids don't remember it at all," says Dr. Karen Soren, director of adolescent medicine at New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. "Parents sometimes say things more vaguely because they are uncomfortable and they think they've addressed something, but the kids don't hear the topic...
...even the most élite universities are struggling with the problem of anonymous gossip sites. Some sites are homegrown and deal only with one school. Others are sprawling entities, catering to hundreds of schools and offering features like search capability and, at one enterprising site, the option to vote on how truthful an anonymous post...
...family now live in P.N.G. The downtown building in which the Rickshaw is located also has a clothing shop, a variety store, a gaming bar and another eatery, all run by Chinese. When I ask about visas, he laughs and says immigration issues are not a problem in Papua New Guinea. "The locals don't know how to do trade, and the government knows that," says Liu. "If locals get money, they spend it immediately on liquor. The Chinese don't come here to enjoy life. We only come to make money...
...Threat to Tuna Kudos for the article on tuna fisheries and the huge dangers of overfishing [Nov. 9]. A major problem is human overpopulation. Our numbers are becoming so great that we are simply outstripping our resources. It cannot continue at this rate indefinitely without catastrophic results. Gary Tackman Escanaba, Mich...
...Threat of Tuna Extinction Kudos for the article on tuna fisheries and the huge dangers of overfishing [Nov. 16]. A major problem is overpopulation. Our numbers are becoming so great that we are simply outstripping our resources. Gary Tackman, ESCANABA, MICH...