Word: quota
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Probably the happy American couple has carried the old twice-a-week standard around in its head and in those weeks when there is only one sweaty encounter has felt that something must be wrong. Probably that feeling of not meeting one's sexual quota is what drives the multibillion-dollar diet industry and produces all those identical magazine articles about "Ten Ways to Make Your Marriage Sensational...
This survey is going to lift a huge burden off our backs. It was the idea of having to meet that quota every week that wore us out. Now, with the average down to one, a lot of us are going to be able to make three, four or five without a problem. The survey points to a pretty wide range of normality, but says clearly that monogamy is the good life, which we all knew, and that, despite the prurience of the Christian Right and the self-righteousness of Playboy, making love is a wonderful good time...
...members choose to turn co-ed, Carlock said it is "inconceivable" that women will not be punched. He said there will be no quota for how many women will be admitted...
...that he's fulfilled his golfing quota, President Clinton is considering in earnest some staff changes recommended by his new White House-cleaning chief of staff, Leon Panetta. While Clinton isn't expected to issue major announcements this week, he's approved stricter job definitions for free-floating senior aides, who can no longer saunter into the Oval Office at will. As of today, ex-communications director George Stephanopoulos is Panetta's deputy; adviser Bruce Lindsey moves to the White House counsel's office, as does Clinton kindergarten buddy and Panetta predecessor Mack McLarty. Next week's predicted reassignment: axing...
...should allow HASCS to increase the quota that people get," Kim said...