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...addition to personal data, the short form also asks a dozen questions mostly about the residence: the number of rooms, whether it is owned or rented and whether it has a private entrance and full plumbing (defined as "hot and cold piped water, a flush toilet and a bathtub or shower"). The long form, which will be received by 17% of the households, asks 46 additional questions, including education and income levels and whether the respondent is physically or mentally disabled. These questions seem to be not only intrusive but also idiosyncratic, and they and similar ones have irritated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Let the Great Head Count Begin | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

...lightly. It is by now an intrinsic part of many gay men's psychological makeup, and gives texture and meaning to a great many gay lives." Adds Anthropologist Edgar Gregersen of Queens (N.Y.) College, who studies sexual mores: "If you make your first sexual contact in a public toilet or in the back of a truck where the guy next to you may be a cop ready to arrest you or a psychopath waiting to hack off your genitals, Leather Gulch is an ideal ambience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: The Gay World's Leather Fringe | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

Throughout his life and work, Maugham had defined the fine line between love and suffering. Senility blurred it. He ranted, failed to recognize friends and reverted to infantile toilet habits. There were occasional good days. On one, a week after a visit with the aging Churchill, he observed, "If you think I'm gaga, you should see Winston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Old Man by the Sea | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

...Student Assembly-former Vice Ch., Chief Negotiator for Toilet Paper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CANDIDATES FOR CLASS MARSHAL | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

...Kenya's chief executive, Arap Moi faces many unsolved problems. Housing is poor: in some cities, families crowd into a single room with no toilet or kitchen and pay $60 a month for the privilege. Jobs are scarce, inflation is running at 11%, and Kenya's export earnings are down as a result of a drastic drop in world prices for coffee and tea over the past two years. At the same time, Kenya's population is expected to double by the end of the century, which may make it impossible to raise living standards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KENYA: Arap Moi Again | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

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