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America today is in the midst of an infertility epidemic, the unforeseen consequence of a variety of historical and socioeconomic trends. The advent of the Pill, the women's movement and an economy that pushes women into the workplace during their most fertile years have led many members of the baby- boom generation to wait so long to have children that they are in danger of waiting forever. This same generation was also party to the sexual revolution, and that too has taken a toll. With exposure to more sex partners came a sharp rise in sexually transmitted diseases...
Lebanese kidnappers still hold 13 hostages, six of them American. Though the whereabouts of the captives are unknown, rumors often place them in Baalbek or surrounding villages. Yet at the moment, Hizballah's grip on Baalbek is < threatened by the advent of peace. Lebanon's 15-year civil war ended last October, when Syrian troops ousted General Michel Aoun, the renegade Christian leader, from his power base in Beirut. Over the past few months, thousands of Lebanese tourists have begun to return to Baalbek, and both their dress and behavior are anathema to Islamic fundamentalists...
...advent of mass communications technology changed speechmaking in another way. Before mechanical reproduction, few reporters could truly record a speech verbatim; thus, the hesitations and minor lapses of grammar that characterize everyday speech were never seen by the newspaper audience...
...With the advent of sophisticated color copiers, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is nervous about high-tech counterfeiting. Last year alone, officials seized $66 million in bogus money. To foil would-be counterfeiters, the bureau is gearing up to print new bills, the first major change in U.S. paper currency since...
...with the advent of perestroika in recent years, the nature of Vessenski's profession in the Soviet Union is changing. As a high-ranking editor of the influential newspaper Literatunaya Gazeta, Vessenski has been on the cutting edge of the country's drive towards openness...