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Many kids are torn between living up to a moral code espoused by their church and parents and trying to stay true to the swirling laissez-faire. Experience is making many sadder but wiser. The shame, anger or even indifference stirred by early sex can lead to prolonged abstinence. Chandra, a 17-year-old in Detroit, says she had sex with a boyfriend of two years for the first time at 15 despite her mother's constant pleas against it. She says she wishes she had heeded her mother's advice. "One day I just decided...
...page looking for something like free, trial software. Many sites won't let you proceed to their goodies without divulging some personal data--which they will shamelessly rent, sell or trade to who knows whom. So I simply make up a name, address, phone number, zip code or e-mail address. And I encourage my children to do the same...
Department of Defense. During Bill Curtis' 27-year career as a military computer programmer, he wrote more than a few lines of code that were century-insensitive. "I made decisions that we could only use two digits for the date," he confesses. Now, as the head of the Department of Defense's Y2K office, Curtis is in charge of fixing his own--and everyone else's--software screwups. It's a job nobody else wanted. Although the Pentagon began Y2K planning in 1995, repairs of the most vital computer systems were only 9% complete this spring...
...Vatican refuses to condone the use of birth control pills yet unofficially endorses Viagra, prostituting itself to some warped code of priorities. So men are allowed to bang away while women remain sinners. No wonder thinking Catholic women have become religiously stateless, bound by years of indoctrination but alienated by rampant discrimination in the church. JENNIFER TAIT Waverley, Australia...
...University has agreed to reconsider its policy in response to the protests. According to Vice President and General Counsel Ann Taylor the University is still composing a code of conduct. PSLM students are negotiating with Harvard's attorneys...