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In the Hays office days, even married couples had to keep one foot on the floor. After the sexual revolution it became possible for William Hurt, in 1981's Body Heat, to kiss his co-star with both hands up her dress. Open-mouthed kissing, the old "French kiss," in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Changing the Signals of Passion | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Susan K. has a good job, sturdy feminist principles and no interest, at the moment, in getting married. She also has a married lover, which makes her the prototype of The New Other Woman in Sociologist Laurel Richardson's book of that name (Free Press; $17.95). The old-fashioned mistress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: The Scarlet Lady Fades to Pink | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Your choice of Deng Xiaoping is a just one. Deng has transformed China from a restless Communist giant to a peaceful nation committed to stability and cooperation. Mao's two upheavals, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, caused millions of Chinese misery and death; Deng's changes have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 27, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

For the past few weeks, half a million Peking schoolchildren have fanned out into the city's streets to look for "bad characters." Another Cultural Revolution in the making? Not at all. The Young Pioneers, a political version of boy and girl scouts, are taking part in a scholarly exercise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Notes: Mar. 24, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

What they might conceivably do, however, is sign an agreement that would trade away their license--and at least some of their wherewithal--to follow the Soviet pattern of behavior outside their borders. Elements of such a deal are at hand in the Contadora proposal, which calls for the reduction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Why Congress Should Approve Contra Aid | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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