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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harris and Greeley argue that the nation may be experiencing a negative backlash to the sexual revolution. They note, for example, that 51% of women under 35 regretted having had a premarital sexual encounter (though only 16% of men felt that way). Meanwhile, according to another poll, the percentage of Americans who disapproved of extramarital sex rose from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: America's New Fad: Fidelity | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

...disturbing. For, as the best pollsters recognize, the deepest questions of life -- or politics, or journalism -- can be probed only in the most primitive manner with the blunt instrument of a poll. Thus readers entering upon stories peppered with numbers and percentage signs should arm themselves with a mental note: POLL AHEAD -- PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Do We Ask Too Much of Polls? | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

...while some students said yesterday that they felt the appointments might signal that the Law School is beginning to take note of their protests, others maintain that the administration's reaction to such protests has been weak and slow...

Author: By Philip M. Rubin, | Title: Despite Advances, Hiring Plans Criticized | 2/17/1990 | See Source »

...Editor's note: The Crimson used the word "aristocracy" in the sense of "a privileged minority or upper class, usually of inherited wealth and social position," [Webster's New World Dictionary]. The Office of Admissions openly acknowledges that legacy status entitles applicants to preferential consideration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Legacies: Another View | 2/17/1990 | See Source »

...NOTE is a noble endeavor. The concept is excellent, and the group's members have the energy and creativity to make it work. Their goals are as large as the subject matter they aim to address. They assume then a heavy burden which is made heavier when they feel obliged to buck dramatic conventions and traditional media. In its extremity of experimentation, the production fails at times to bridge the distance between the audience and the drama, though it does raise awareness and stimulate some campus discussion about AIDS...

Author: By Caroline S. Chaffin, | Title: Opera Finds A Faltering Voice | 2/16/1990 | See Source »

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