Word: washings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...known as Anthony Lester sat in his beat-up Oldsmobile at a fast-food restaurant in Port Angeles, Wash., eating a cheeseburger and perusing a flight manual. He had been taking flying lessons and hoped to have his pilot's license within a matter of days. It was not to be. Two undercover federal agents had recognized him in the restaurant and discreetly called for a back-up car with two more agents, who arrived and confirmed his identity by the mole on his left cheek. Lester, dressed in shorts and sweatshirt after a 14-mile run, looked...
Snared at last, the Falcon paces his cell in Everett, Wash., under 24-hour guard, refusing to eat. His lawyer says he will try to starve himself to death, and marshals are prepared to force-feed him if necessary. Says Christman: "He didn't believe he was going to be captured. His self-image, his ego told him he wasn't going to be. Now he is faced with the reality of the cell. That's a big adjustment for someone with a makeup like this...
These justifications have gradually been debunked. Cleanliness can be assured by teaching a boy to wash his penis. Cancer of the penis, a very rare malignancy, occurs about equally in circumcised men and in those with foreskins intact who wash thoroughly. Studies indicating that women married to circumcised men have a lower incidence of cervical cancer have been either inadequate or flawed. Review of one study, for example, revealed that about half the women had incorrectly answered questions regarding whether their husbands were circumcised. A sizable portion of the men were also wrong in assessing their condition. Circumcision will correct...
...legacy long after slavery itself disappeared. Duplicity and theft were also pervasive patterns among antebellum slaves, and these too remained long after slavery ended." But Sowell sees other, more optimistic signs. Says he: "I'm always amazed, when I drive through Harlem, at the kids dashing out to wash windshields. Decades of abuse haven't stamped out the initiative of the people...
...Saturday mornings. But they contend that the ads, which avoid showing boys and girls together, are not sexually suggestive. Says Jack Forcelledo, Remco's executive vice president: "We just show little girls playing with the product in the home. Our message is that you put it on and wash it off." All the same, the commercials rankle many consumer activists. Says Peggy Charren, president of Action for Children's Television: "The four-year-olds are going to be taught that it's appropriate for them to wear makeup. It's another way to get children...