Word: taunting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Some prepubescent boys may taunt and tease girls in a form of youthful sexual harassment that covers up any discomfort they feel. "It's kind of stimulating and disorienting to have these girls be so changed," says psychologist Michael Thompson, the author of Speaking of Boys and co-author of Raising Cain. "The boys may often react in clumsy, immature and basically clueless ways...
Boys may continue to taunt girls in middle school, when the young males' raging hormones really start to kick in. By then, many boys may despair of ever catching up with their more physically and socially advanced female peers. And their insecurity may be heightened by the fact that some girls have already begun to look forward to high school and the chance to meet "real boys"--as opposed to those gawky dweebs in the next seats...
...hold up under scrutiny. NATO rules required each to carry a blue pocket card detailing how civilians were to be treated. "Use the minimum force necessary to accomplish your mission," it began. "Treat everyone, including civilians and detained hostile forces/belligerents, humanely." Even combatants aren't allowed to torture and taunt their opponents, or grope their buttocks and breasts...
...time to let go of Powell and McCain - both men make Bush look like a beggar. But if Bush is confident enough to play it dull, maybe he's cocky enough to taunt his father's ghosts and pull a fast one on the press. Not ideologically dangerous prospects like pro-choicers Pataki and Ridge, or personally dangerous ones like swinging single Fred Thompson. But there are dark horses still...
...concert round-up is being held over since it's reading and finals period, and it might be too cruel just to taunt people with what they can't have. Okay, just one: Travis, May 16, at the Berklee Performance Center. And yes, I'm obsessed with Travis. But it isn't just me- check out this quote from Spin magazine's Beth Wawerna: "for the love of God and country, people, please go see this band. They are wonderful." But for those of you who are staying in Boston for the summer, these are some of the concerts that...