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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...revisionism. Naslund, author of four much smaller works of fiction, actually matches the master, Melville, in all his unearthly poetry and unworldly philosophizing, following him not just into the details of harpooning and coffin-shaped beds, but also into bloodshed and delirium and diabolism. "Blast winds! and spank these sails as though they were the flanks of horses," cries her Ahab, and we shiver anew as we recall that, one paragraph earlier, Una has found in him a "soft glowing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ishmael, Meet Jane Eyre | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...HURTS ME MORE THAN YOU Last week the Nevada assembly joined the debate over whether spanking deters bad behavior or teaches kids it's O.K. to use violence for resolving disputes. A new law explicitly allows parents to spank their children and stipulates that official records of abuse charges be erased if the parent is cleared. Proponents hailed the return of discipline, while critics noted that expunging documents will make it harder to track abusive parents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Family: Jun. 14, 1999 | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...YORK: To spank or not to spank? That is the question parents with unruly children have been asking themselves for years. According to recent polls, two- thirds of the nation's pediatricians say yes ? the occasional whupping might transform disruptive brats into quiet little angels. But while the rod may encourage obedience, researchers at Fordham University now claim spanking may lower a child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEDNESDAY: How Clever is the Rod? | 8/27/1997 | See Source »

During the hour-long event, viewers learned that Gibson does spank his children, hates calculus and really likes being rich...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gibson Gives Offbeat Speech | 11/13/1996 | See Source »

...have sex to"), talking dirty is a staple of sexual interaction. To those who practice it, 'netsex builds on this erotic principle by typing dirty. To those who have not tried it, it can seem alien, even perverse. As "Worm," a Leverett senior puts it, "Who wants to spank off at the rate of 9600 baud?" Nevertheless, it goes on all day, every day, in every forum which allows people to talk to each other electronically...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: cyber sex | 3/16/1995 | See Source »

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