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...taboo that has been relaxed is the one against an older woman with a younger man. Twice-divorced Sally Salners, 54, a Houston interior designer, says she receives support and encouragement from friends and family for her two-year relationship with her 33-year-old boyfriend, a sales consultant. They got to know each other when Salners helped him decorate his apartment...
Since dining in the dark is not without its pitfalls - knives and forks tend to miss their invisible targets - certain dishes and foods are absolutely taboo. Peas, prawns and spaghetti, for instance, would just be too hard to eat and are therefore absent from the menu. Finger-food, however, and soup served in double-handled mugs are great favorites with the clients and the chef alike. Whenever possible, the food is precisely arranged so that customers can locate it using directions such as "celery at 3 o'clock" or "feta cheese at 9 o'clock...
...Dehai never imagined he would marry his shy first cousin Hai. Though intramarriage was common in imperial days, it is taboo in modern China. But at age 20, with his friends already paired off, Liu found himself the odd man out. His parents, farmers in the village of Nanliang in Shaanxi province, could not raise the $2,000 required to attract a woman to Nanliang to marry their son. With so many men to choose from, women are loath to settle in hardscrabble villages like Nanliang. Desperate, Liu's mother contacted her sister and requested a favor: Could...
Your cover story "The Science Of Anxiety" was a welcome relief [HEALTH, June 10]. The anxiety disorder is one of the last mental-health taboos because others, such as depression and bipolar disorder, have received a lot more attention in recent years. And the taboo seems to be rooted in the belief that anxiety conveys a weakness; it is misunderstood and not taken seriously. Your report will help sufferers enormously. STEPHEN J. FITZMARTIN Philadelphia...
...divided peninsula could still share in athletic triumph. Eastward, South Korean President Kim Dae Jung plans to renew his invitation to Japan's Emperor Akihito to visit, just a few months after the monarch said the nations shared not only the World Cup but common blood?admitting the long-taboo fact that the Japanese imperial family has Korean ancestry. "The World Cup has brought us together," says Hitoshi Takaoka, a Japanese fan who donned a "Korea Team Fighting" shirt after his own team was eliminated...