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...make the opposite sex irresistible, but the rapprochement happens collectively, with single-gender groups beginning to merge into co-ed social circles within which individual boys and girls can flirt and experiment. Generally, kids who pair off with a love interest and begin dating will hold onto a return ticket to the mixed-gender group. Jennifer Connolly, a psychologist at York University in Toronto, studied 174 high school students in grades nine to 11 and found that when things go awry with couples, the kids are quickly absorbed back into the co-ed circle, with the old single-sex group...
...fees are minimal compared with the $59 per month charged by the likes of eHarmony. "In China, if you charge money, you'll die fast," says Gong Haiyan, CEO and founder of the leading Web dating site, Jiayuan (formerly Love21cn). Chinese sites rely instead on online advertising and ticket sales from events such as speed-dating mixers that charge about $13 for admission (parents who tag along have to pay too). Another popular dating site, 915915.com.cn--in Chinese, the numbers sound like "only want me"--set up a "love cruise" in 2006 on the Huangpu River near Shanghai to introduce...
...Bailey, a Republican who worked for Gerald Ford, and Rafshoon, a Democrat who helped elect Jimmy Carter in 1976, recently resigned from a months-long project called UNITY 08 designed to encourage people to pick and elect a mixed ticket with a Republican and a Democrat for President and vice president. They are placing their bets now on a Bloomberg...
...think those players running up and down that field have utilized steroids, you're lying. And if you're lying, that means you can accept it in one sport but not in another. The truth is, we're not going to spend $50 for a ticket to go see our neighbor play baseball. The truth is we want these [athletes] to be what they are. We don't want them to ever miss a game. We want them to play superhumanly. Then, we complain when they do what they have to do to get there...
...former North Carolina Senator, whose strong second place in Iowa in the 2004 caucuses helped him win the South Carolina primary that year and earn a spot on the ticket as John Kerry's running mate, claimed last night's results were a victory for both him and Obama, since each ran as agents of change in contrast to Clinton, the establishment candidate. "The one thing that's clear tonight in Iowa is that the status quo lost and change won," Edwards declared, noticeably not congratulating Obama for his victory. "You have created and started a wave of change...