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The Marquis de Sade might have given his name to sadomasochism (SM), but responsibility for the terms might be more accurately handed to Freud.The terms sadism and masochism were only coined during the rise of psychoanalysis in the 1880s, but sexual historians agree that the behaviors have existed for far...
Then there was the 1994 team. That’s what most American baseball fans talk about, if they ever mention the Expos. Too bad they had the best record in baseball, but the strike put an end to their season. Too bad they couldn’t afford to...
Instead of crocodile handbags, boomers are buying time-shares in expensive resorts, building media rooms in their homes and investing in elaborate renovations. They're also buying mega-yachts and accessing private air travel. The sale of mega-yachts--boats 80 ft. and longer--has more than doubled in the...
But it's not just the superrich who are spending like drunken sailors. According to Marquis Jet CEO Bill Allard, his clientele extends beyond athletes and entertainers. "We have people in their 20s up into their 80s. We have people who haven't necessarily built up their nest eggs, and...
They are also the most enjoyable pop group to emerge in recent memory, largely because they understand the genre so well. Pop music--where the same three chords have been swapping clothes for the past 50 years--is the nexus of the avant-garde and the conventional, and on their...