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...item "Birth Control, Self-Control" (NATION, Dec. 22), you reported that the National Academy of Sciences endorsed making contraceptives and abortion available to teenagers through the schools. The academy went on to say teens are not likely to heed advice to remain celibate. It is no wonder, when impressionable youngsters are exposed to advertising that sends not so subtle sexual messages. Before we turn the home economics room into an abortion clinic, I suggest that the media consider the long-range implications of the sexually saturated material that is bombarding teenagers daily...
...Rosso, Spirited Away) have long appealed to kids and connoisseurs alike. Here he has transported his gift for alchemizing the mundane from Japan to Western Europe a century ago. A spell instantly ages the heroine, Sophie, from 18 to 90 and lands her as a housekeeper inside the walking wonder house owned by a dishy shape shifter. Following the plot may be a burden for adults--children will revel in its complexity--but the whole enterprise has Miyazaki's air of immaculate enchantment...
...body that likes to think it can police itself, some wonder if prosecutors are overreaching. The Justice Department has ?every right to investigate when a law is being broken,? says a senior House GOP aide, ?However, there is a feeling that they may be crossing boundaries into where the ethics committee should be performing. And it's just another reason why the ethics committee needs to get up and running...
While I respect that many undergraduates support Larry Summers and even endorse his style of leadership, I wonder if the majority of those recently polled failed to call for his resignation because they are unaware of what the College was like prior to his assuming the presidency. I witnessed the nearly immediate, if often subtle, transformation of Harvard during Summers’ tenure. The hostility he engendered in the Faculty affected opportunities for undergraduates almost immediately as some professors made swift exits. Moreover, none of the College’s greatest accomplishments during the past five years?...
...imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, and Tokyo shopping complex Omotesando Hills - is a 2,000-sq-m facility in the architect's hometown of Kobe, its striking curves exemplifying Ando's beautifully original approach to form. Environmental and civic responsibility were key considerations in the construction. Under-floor pipes, filled...