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Nudists have long been preoccupied with whether the lifestyle is healthy for their children. In 1959 naturist author Donald Johnson wrote a pop sociology called The Nudists. It extolled, in common naturist refrain, "the nudist child's freedom from sexual curiosities ... The unsatisfied desire to see that which is customarily forbidden incites many children to unwise or immoral acts ... Nudist children spend much of their free time at the park with their families; they are therefore less likely to join motorcycle clubs." One still hears such quaint sentiments today. It's common for nudists to claim, without evidence, that nudist...
...Political calculations, rather than a belief in the roadmap process, appears to have prompted Hamas to adopt a three-month hudna, an Islamic term for a tactical cease-fire. On condition that Israel refrains from assassinating its leaders, and possibly other demands such as a release of prisoners, Hamas will undertake to refrain from attacks on Israelis for a three-month period. But they will reserve the right to resume such attacks if Israel strikes at them. That way, they're staying on the right side of Palestinian and Arab public opinion, in the belief that ordinary Palestinians will blame...
...listening and then asked, with both fear and hope, "Are the Americans going to help rid us of the mullahs?" Advisers to Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei say he is genuinely worried about a possible U.S. attack. As a result, they say, he has ordered his fellow ayatullahs to refrain from using their influence with Iraqi Shi'ites to whip up unrest against U.S. troops. Iran's Foreign Minister last week denied charges that his country is trying to meddle in Iraq, saying U.S. officials are "looking for escape routes to justify their failure so far" to bring order...
...easy way out to address this situation for Gross and the administration to drag out the tired refrain: “We would like to give more power to the students, but you have not demonstrated that you are responsible, and we have the statistics on binge drinking to prove it.” Yet binge alcohol is the symptom of a larger problem: a campus without commitment to designing safe student party environments. It’s time to confront this problem head-on with creative thinking from both students and administrators...
...GOING OUT LOOKING LIKE THAT! Refrain of mothers down the centuries as teenage daughters step outside home to attract members of the opposite sex. Note: teens now start...