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...right about my not getting it. How did a risque item popularized as a tool of seduction by Monica Lewinsky become the de rigueur fashion for eighth-and ninth-graders? Yet the trend is undeniable. Sales of thongs to tweens (a market now defined ridiculously broadly as ages 7 to 12) have quadrupled since 2000, from a modest $400,000 to $1.6 million, according to NPD Fashionworld, a market-tracking firm. And there's nothing skimpy about what girls ages 13 to 17 spent on thongs last year: $152 million, or 40% of their overall spending on underpants. Do their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Thing About Thongs | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

...statement to other kids that they are part of this very, very intense, powerful second family of peer group and pop culture that is shaping kids' wants, needs and feelings." This phenomenon is gripping kids at ever earlier ages. Peer pressure is at its most intense between fifth and eighth grade, says Taffel, "but it can begin in first and second grade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Thing About Thongs | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

Inspired by a team meeting on Saturday night, the Harvard women’s golf team improved its scores on the second and final day of the Yale Invitational, finishing eighth in a field of 13, shooting...

Author: By Jon Dienstag, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: After Team Meeting, W. Golf Improves Play at Yale Invite | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

Senior Mairead O’Callaghan, Harvard’s top finisher, placed eighth in a time...

Author: By Gabriel M. Velez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cross Country Falls Against Biggest Rivals | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the Sox pitchers have little to worry about since Oakland is ranked eighth in the AL in slugging (.417), ninth in runs scored (768) and 12th in batting average (.254). Against the Sox this year, the A’s hit .224 with a .375 slugging percentage...

Author: By Brenda Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LOVE IT OR LEEVE IT: Red Sox lineup will be a nightmare for A’s pitchers | 10/2/2003 | See Source »

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