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...assembly time at La Vega High School in McLennan County, Texas, and a roomful of juniors and seniors is talking about the facts of life. "From this day forward, what's going to be too far for you?" asks traveling lecturer Eric Tooley, as he distributes a work sheet on "physical affection" that begins with talking and holding hands and progresses right through to sexual intercourse. "Circle the things you're not going to do until marriage." As the students finish up their assignment, Tooley makes clear his own preference: "Virginity is a gift you get to give away only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preaching Chastity In the Classroom | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...maps sometimes proved outdated, and even when the person answering the door matched the name on the sheet, canvassing wasn't easy...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Traveling the New Hampshire Trail With Bradley Canvassers | 10/13/1999 | See Source »

...much do the big guys want this technology? Check out the balance sheet. Firefly, one of the earliest bots, was swallowed by Microsoft for an undisclosed sum last year, as was CompareNet.com six months ago. Excite snapped up Jango.com for $35 million in stock. Lycos employs the services of a bot start-up called Frictionless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bot Till You Drop | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...When all else fails, there's always Harvard. Here's FMs cheat sheet for a lap around the Harvard's party circuit...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: The New You: FM's Guide to Self-Improvement | 9/30/1999 | See Source »

...House passed a bill that would make it a federal offense to harm a fetus while committing a federal crime. Under the coalition-backed Unborn Victims of Violence Act, McVeigh, one of the perpetrators in the Oklahoma City bombing case, would have one more offense on his rap sheet because a pregnant woman was among the casualties of the explosion. While no one can predict what will happen in the Senate, the House approval caught some people off guard. Abortion-rights supporters are up in arms over this latest campaign, worried that granting legal protection to fetuses would undermine existing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anti-Abortion Forces Knock on the Back Door | 9/30/1999 | See Source »

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