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...online will want younger women? Census Bureau demographics show that men actually marry women within three years of their age. You hear so many stories about May-December romances, but that's not what the statistics show. The things men and women are both looking for are warmth, companionship, common interests. Most people rate common interests above attractiveness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clicking Online | 8/7/2005 | See Source »

...everyone here is a compulsive liar or shopper. I have met a few genuinely nice, funny, and caring girls—the type of female companionship that I had been longing for, but haven’t yet found at Harvard. So while sex might be missing from my summer in the City, at least now I have people to whom I can complain about...

Author: By Sarah E.F. Milov, | Title: A Woman’s World | 7/1/2005 | See Source »

...play is a thinly veiled roman à clef of legendary director and “The Aviator” subject Howard Hughes’ final, hermetic years. In the play, Shepard names his version of the legendary recluse Henry Hackamore and provides him a modicum of companionship in the person of his obsequious manservant Raoul...

Author: By Bernard L. Parham, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: On the Radar: Seduced | 4/22/2005 | See Source »

...first thing to understand about imaginary playmates, says Taylor, is that for most children they are just that: playmates. They're designed to provide companionship and entertainment. Unlike real kids, they don't have to get cranky, throw tantrums or sulk when they lose a game. And they often can do things and go places the child can't. Skateboard Guy, for example, described by one child in Taylor's study, is a tiny, invisible 11-year-old boy who sleeps in the child's shirt pocket and performs amazing skateboard tricks the child wishes he could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of Make-Believe | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

Mackenzie credits her ease on the rink to her father—a Canadian native who played semi-pro hockey after high school in the IHL—and his constant advice and companionship through her experiences with youth hockey. Now at the Division I level, Mackenzie is doing her part to vicariously fulfill a dream of her father...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The New Freshman Sextet | 11/5/2004 | See Source »

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