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Rather than an ardent hedonist, Millet views herself as a passive participant malleable to the desires of others, observing, "I am not docile because I like submission, because I have never tried to put myself in a masochistic situation, but out of a deep-seated indifference to the uses to which we put our bodies." It's unclear, however, why such indifference led her to embrace sex rather than, say, field hockey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sex, Not Sexy | 6/3/2002 | See Source »

...crisis was overcome, but Bono still refuses to allow himself to simply enjoy the hedonist luxuries of rock stardom...

Author: By Warren Adler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bono's Long Journey Brings Him to Harvard | 6/6/2001 | See Source »

...four main characters comply with only the shallowest stereotypes about post-high school institutions. Gimpy, a student at Tekerson Tech, spends his time playing juvenile pranks on his RA and ordering around his overweight, bespectacled followers. Nitz, an apathetic whiner, and Cal, an airheaded hedonist, attend State U. Rocko, a “maladjusted, underachieving” jock with alcohol issues, attends (you guessed it!) a community college...

Author: By Nathan Burstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Can I Graduate? MTV Unleashes Its New Animated Series | 4/27/2001 | See Source »

...hedonist? Do you enjoy hedonistic-type things? The International Poster Gallery presents "Sweet Temptations," an exhibit of poster advertisements for chocolate, alcohol, drugs and the like. All posters also on sale. Through Friday. International Poster Gallery, 205 Newbury St., Boston. 375-0076. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. FREE...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THURSDAY APR 29 | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...junkie, mostly by prescription; a hedonist, generally by inclination; and a profligate, largely by longing. He wanted to be the naughty boy and the good son both. He carried his collection of police badges with him everywhere, a putative peace officer who loved to disturb the peace. He was afraid of the dark, so he slept in the day, explaining, "I know in the daytime when I go to sleep that it's dark in my room, and I pretend like it's night, but I know it's daytime, and I'm not afraid to fall asleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Fall of The King | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

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