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Shocked? Actually, it makes Jefferson's kids typical American teens. But in one way the town is highly unusual: it was the site of a unique study in which researchers tried to document every romantic and sexual liaison among high school students over an 18-month period. The purpose of...
Though girls tended to date older boys, the study found few behavioral differences between the sexes. There are promiscuous boys who prey on less experienced girls, says Bearman, "and girls who are predators of boys." Most relationships were "romantic"; only about 5% were sex-only "hookups."
JENNY MCCARTHY What does a TV funny girl do for a second act? McCarthy wrote and stars in Dirty Love, a romantic comedy that could launch a movie career
To be honest, Montesquieu's writing style has never helped his case for a wide readership. His dense, often confounding 1748 masterpiece The Spirit of the Laws can seem a ramshackle mansion, honeycombed with a floor plan impossible to master; Voltaire called it "a labyrinth without a thread." Likewise, while...
Still, there's little doubt that in his small way, Oberst is a big talent. Major labels have been desperate to sign him, though Oberst (who founded his own label, Saddle Creek) has resisted on the quite correct grounds that they would force him to stick to writing heartbreaking love...