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Young love has always been traumatic. But the anxious, euphoric stage these programs address used to be a lot shorter. In 1960 the average age of first marriage was 20 for women, 23 for men; today, it's 25 for women, 27 for men. With dating starting at around 15, says David Popenoe of the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University, "now you have 10 or 15 years of figuring out what to do with the opposite sex when marriage isn't uppermost in your mind." It may take them longer to get there, but most high school seniors...
...latest models claim as much as seven miles of reception. But the more buildings, hills or other obstructions between you and the person on the other end, the shorter that distance becomes. I tested the 7-mile units in Manhattan, but I couldn't go more than seven blocks before the reception broke...
...They make it difficult to cancel and we get locked into buying. We want to sign a shorter term contract with more flexibility,” said Verba...
...afflicts five to 20 percent of the population, and is five times more common among females than males. Unsurprisingly, it’s more common in the North, where days are shorter. Confirming the popular mythology surrounding the affliction, doctors find that students who hail from warmer regions might show signs of SAD their first winter in northerly Cambridge...
Four hours long, the newest version of the SAT I will do away with the once infamous analogies, and instead feature a number of shorter critical reading passages. The math section will now require knowledge of Algebra II, and the exam will include a new section called “writing,” which will focus on grammar and require an essay. The College Board took its own initiative to revamp the test, concerned that the UC system might no longer require the exam. According to the Board, “The new SAT will improve the alignment...