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...true pedophile is drawn to children not merely incidentally but exclusively. Most pedophiles target kids in the threshold years before puberty, but some look further down the age spectrum, seeking out even toddlers. Pedophiles who prefer preadolescents often court them with the ardor of a suitor, lavishing attention, praise and gifts on the child they have chosen. Typically they tell themselves that the relationship is a mutually beneficial one--something they believe until the child reaches puberty, and the abuser suddenly loses interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MOLESTERS' MIND-SET: Why Do They Target Kids? | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

...cast resembles each other, but also because each character is established as such an individual. The central figure of the ensemble is undoubtedly Gene Hackman, the only actor Anderson found “charming enough” to get away with addressing his wife’s African-American suitor Henry Sherman (Danny Glover) as “Coltrane.” He is genuinely delightful as he takes Chas’ repressed sons Ari and Uzi out for a day trip, jay-walking across busy streets, hitching rides on garbage trucks and stealing bottles of milk from convenience stores...

Author: By Michelle Kung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: American Royalty | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

...spends her entire time on stage doubled over with age, but nevertheless gleefully singing about her love of the torture chamber to great comic effect. And Zak B. Stone ’03, as the hunchbacked assistant tormentor Wilfred, is captivating as the young maiden’s unwanted suitor. How he keeps the leer on his face, all the while doubled over and singing patter songs, is a mystery, but still a joy to watch...

Author: By Eugenia B. Schraa, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yeomen of the Guard | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

...called Mount Amjer spurned the advances of a volcanic vixen named Mount Tioueyin and refused to leave Mount Tahat, even though Tahat was already married to another mountain. So Tioueyin did what any self-respecting monolith would do: she left town. She moved 150 km southwest and took a suitor, Mount Iherh?, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sons of the Desert | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

...soon become a takeover target, or be forced to merge with an ally. Marco Tacconis, an analyst for Schroder Salomon Smith Barney in London, says there's little chance that Mediobanca will be around - at least in its current form - a year from now. Among the prizes for a suitor: Mediobanca's key stake in the insurer Generali. So is this the great opening up of the Italian market? Not yet. Even if control of Mediobanca shifts, its big shareholders have an incentive to keep things in the family. In a market where pension funds have until recently been small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of The Affair | 7/23/2001 | See Source »

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