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...Chicago scientists admit to another possible defect: "There is no way to get around the fact some people might conceal information," says Stuart Michaels of the Chicago team, whose expertise is designing questions to get at those subjects people are most reluctant to discuss. The biggest hot button, he says, is homosexuality. "This is a stigmatized group. There is probably a lot more homosexual activity going on than we could get people to talk about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Now for the Truth About Americans and Sex | 10/17/1994 | See Source »

...took considerably less time: Harvard covered 46 yards in two plays. First, Ferrara whizzed the ball past two defenders to hit a crossing Skelton, who then advanced the ball 39 yards down the right side of the field. Then, Ferrara sagely hit junior tight end Matt Gargulinski on a button-hook in the end zone. The Crimson...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: ALMOST | 10/11/1994 | See Source »

...ballots. Already, Democratic candidates have been spooked by high Republican turnout in the primaries -- and low turnout among Democrats. "The Republican base vote is more motivated than ours this year," said Donald Sweitzer, political director of the Democratic National Committee. "We don't have a lot of sexy, hot- button issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The High Price of Gridlock | 10/10/1994 | See Source »

...players respect this type of behavior. While they don't exactly fear him, they don't want to get chewed out by him either. Amazingly, the players respect this man with his shorts pulled over his belly button and a monstrous, beer belly...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Playoff-Bound Patriots? | 10/4/1994 | See Source »

Although Carnesale's "Too Hard" box was empty, the administrator seemed somewhat frazzled. A black overcoat button sat atop a cherry table in his office, presumably waiting to be reattached to the jacket of the busy provost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Carnesale's Three Boxes | 9/30/1994 | See Source »

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