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Acursory glance through the "lifebeat" sections of American newspapers reveals a surprisingly large number of advice columns. "Dear Abby." "Dear Dotti." "Ann Landers." "Miss Manners." "Ask Beth." "Ask the Countess." These columns claim they confront the major and minor issues that plague the reading public. Advice has become a staple of the modern newspaper; the Boston Herald, after all, fills a whole tabloid page each day with lurid tales of cheating spouses, rude dinner guests and meddling mothers...
...their entertainment value. Everyone secretly takes prurient pleasure in others' minor despair; nothing else explains why millions of people read columns which answer only three individuals' letters each day. Unfortunately, because of either their tight schedules or their unawareness of the near-comic nature of such columns as "Ask Beth," college students can seldom keep up with all the faux-human-tragedy splashed across newsstands. 15 MINUTES henceforth offers, as a service to its readers, this brief summary and handy ratings of selected letters and their responses...
...Beth" (The Boston Globe, 2/7/92): Beth, whose column is subtitled "Sense About Sex," has become a cult figure by answering the decidedly atypical inquiries of such individuals as The Girl Who Couldn't Understand Why Her Boyfriend Wants To Look At Her Breast and The 12-Year-Old Girl Whose 19-Year-Old Boyfriend Wants A Special Present...
...late, however, Beth's column has been much tamer. The most entertaining letter in recent weeks comes from "Stuck In The Middle," of an unspecified locale, who complains that both she and her best friend have fallen in love with "Ger," but Ger likes only her friend. Beth urges patience. "You could wait and possibly go out with him later. Teen-agers often date each other's exes after they've broken up, because they know each other so well." How Important? 2 How Pathetic? 2 Everyone has been through the does-he/she-like-me stage, so "Stuck"'s problems...
...candidates are playing up their wives some supporters of the unmarried candidates are worried that their candidates may be hurt. But Beth A. Pherriault a staunch supporter of Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey said the fact that her candidate was not married had no bearing on her choice...