Word: obsessing
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That vast American paradox, that Puritanism mixed with lasciviousness, is why the Bush-backed abstinence-only movement withers in the face of reality. Although the media obsess over The New Abstinence (as much as they print stories about thirteen year-olds giving blowjobs) few will deny the fact that most young people are curious about sex. Very curious. And that abstinence works, but only for some. And that condoms are so, so, so important...
Even more disturbingly, I suspect that this is not simply a phenomenon in the sciences. Economics majors obsess about consulting and banking jobs, government majors go to great lengths to foster connections and even history majors obsess early and often about the LSATs. Harvard now spews out so many pre-meds, pre-laws, pre-bankers, pre-politicians and pre-consultants. In this world of “pre’s”, it seems that we’re at a loss for students...
...experience with guys tells me anything, it is what Harvard men don’t want: for us to obsess. “When I came to Harvard, I was definitely trying to be the girl everyone would want to date,” says Gluckman. “But in my experience guys like you the most when you’re just blatantly trying to be yourself and not just following rules in some book.” Now that’s the kind of thing someone needs to write a book about...
...want my family to have to cope with it for a long time." For a cure, Shinta and thousands of Australians like her are at the mercy of medical science, the slim possibility that a miracle drug might be discovered in time to save them. Rather than obsess about that, Shinta chose to set the bar a little lower. In 2000, she joined a group of women - all with advanced breast cancer - engaged in a Melbourne-based trial of Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy, in which the participants meet weekly to discuss their cancer, including their treatment and innermost thoughts...
Every summer, style setters from Malibu to Montauk tend to obsess over a singular fashion item. This season the must-have look is the poncho--preferably in a loose wool knit with funky fringe (never mind that it's 90 outside). Designers like Michael Kors featured them for fall, left, and celebs like Keira Knightley have already been spotted sporting the '70s style. All that's missing are the moccasins. --By Kate Betts