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...sexual politics of fear." Drawing on interviews with families and researchers, Levine, a journalist, argues that adults harm children by associating sex with danger--warning kids about pedophiles, for instance, but not acknowledging that children and teens are capable of a measure of sexual pleasure. Getting abducted by a stranger is a less likely danger for most children than the chance that a teenager will catch a sexually transmitted disease, she says. "My aim is to sort out the real perils from the exaggerated ones...
...Park is formulaic, and walks the trail blazed by older rap-metal bands. On the other hand, the group epitomizes a form of open-mindedness. One might suspect an elusive, scholarly logic is at work here (this is the Times Arts and Leisure section) but the argument only grows stranger. "Other mainstream rock bands are taking similar approaches, succeeding by embracing new or unusual styles," writes Sanneh, citing Incubus, "another D.J.-enhanced band," and Tool, who last fall put on "an impressive show that included lots of odd time signatures and a long interpretive dance interlude...
...Michael Meagher ’02 was recruited by the BCC his first year. As Meagher walked through the Yard on his way to class, a friendly stranger named Chris Zilman approached him and asked if he was interested in grassroots religion. Meagher, who had spent three years in Catholic school, assumed he was referring to an open forum for religious discussion and gave Zilman his phone number...
...little Third World country, plagued by deficits, rebels and the uneasy coexistence of traditional ways and new ideas. Its greatest asset is a high-spirited daughter; its largest problem is making sure she goes through with the wedding it has arranged for her with a perfect stranger...
...generations have found many of his political, racial and sexual attitudes cynically distasteful. He was a world champion hater who found it impossible to forgive and engaged in numerous ferocious vendettas, not least against liberals. His provocative language offended many, even in his own lifetime, and he was a stranger to compromise. "Politics as 'the art of the possible' was a notion Kipling was never able to assimilate," writes Gilmour with vast understatement...