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...nearest Holiday Inn. Most stay, however, and take advantage of the upper-class "parent-advisers," who are there to answer questions. "As long as I know he washes his face and hangs up his clothes, maybe I can relax," confides the mother of an only child. Indeed, the parents quiz the advisers closely about food, how roommate conflicts are resolved and whether refrigerators are allowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Parents' Prep | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

...worse a sin than pride, greed or adultery, and it denounces "homophobia" (hatred and fear of homosexuals). The nuanced policy admits the possibility of ordination for people with a homosexual orientation, so long as they are "repentant" and committed to celibacy. It directs presbyteries not to quiz ministerial candidates about homosexuality unless they themselves have raised the issue. An "anti-witch-hunt clause" leaves unclear whether the church would act against open homosexuality among those already in the ministry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Homosexuality As Sin | 6/5/1978 | See Source »

...that time of year again. My chance to make all you "baseball experts" out there look so very very foolish. There's really no need to go into detail. This is an incredibly difficult quiz, and while it is neither as long or as well thought out as the gonad-cracker that I served up last spring to you, I'm pretty confident you won't do any better this year. As a matter of fact, I think you'd have a better chance of finding a leather-bound copy of J.H. Parry's Trade and Dominion than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reading Period Baseball Quiz | 5/17/1978 | See Source »

...sexual positions by a scantily clad young couple; lessons in chess, French or English; a battery of commentators ruminating about the kidnaping of ex-Premier Aldo Moro; an education program to help children with their homework; a spaghetti western; a porno feature called The Masseuses; and a phone-in quiz starring a housewife-masked to protect her identity-who peeled off an item of clothing every time a caller got the answer right. For the truly hard-to-please, there were also sports and political programs, and films brought in by relay stations from France, Monaco, Malta and Yugoslavia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Where Prime Time Is Porn Time | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

...French and then American imperialism is the single most important event in world history since the end of the Second World War. Yet in our country there seems to be a growing unawareness of just what exactly happened in the last cataclysmic quarter-century in Vietnam. We offer this quiz as a way to both test and inform our readers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vietnam: What Have We Learned? | 4/12/1978 | See Source »

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