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Promiscuous. The variant virus, herpes simplex type II, usually attacks below the waist. It causes painful sores and swelling on the thighs, buttocks and genital areas. Unlike the basic herpes simplex, which strikes indiscriminately, type II appears to exercise moral judgment−tending to afflict primarily the sexually promiscuous. It is prevalent among teen-agers and young adults and among prostitutes, but is rare in children and in celibate women. In fact, according to Bernard Roizman, professor of microbiology at the University of Chicago, genital herpes is the second most common venereal disease in the U.S., trailing only gonorrhea. Roizman...
...most society members seem to disagree. And the guest for the audience drives the societies into a variant of Gresham's Law: Bad films drive out good. Among the most successful of the Films Across the River series last year was "Vixen"; Winthrop Films will offer "99 Women" this spring; and GSD Films is lustfully eyeing "Deep Throat" for next year...
...matter, and the narrative shares the traits of its subject to a fault. Absence of mind may be appealing enough in the intoxicated flesh. But mindless prose about mindless protagonists, mindlessly cavorting in and out of bed from Cambridge to California, on this, that and and the other variant of a chemical lobotomy is next-of-kin to sheer trash...
...spell." Here I must protest and explain. The New York Times called me at my home in the country on Sunday, Feb. 18, as I was making a snowman with my children. The name (Dikran A. Sarrafian) was in my files in the office, and since there are variant spellings of the name, I wanted to be sure that I gave the right one. This I did as soon as I was back in my office...
...confused, they know their general vicinity. And The Emigrants is so permieatod with their consistent actions, and quick observances of the world they walk through, that we feel we are trekking into the heart of the subject matter while we watch, and can make analytic comments only after checking variant histories. Troell adheres throughout to his imagined 1844-47 viewpoint, even while he skirts the chance of making his characters seem silly to jaundiced twentieth century eyes and ears. He is a tremendously gifted artist, selecting and molding even the most casual event, and his method works...