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...problems became so difficult to handle largely because no one was to blame and no one thing was wrong: no one was trying to be hurtful or cruel; we just had different work habits and expectations. For a month we tried to compromise and tiptoe around the issues. Our rooming conflicts, however, began to affect profoundly the ability of our struggling roommate to work, sleep and coexist with the other four of us. Five young women who should have been friends barely spoke, rarely brought friends over, and could not feel at home in their own room...
...that verdict was overturned last March by an appeals court that cited faulty jury instructions. (The trial judge didn't explain that Quattrone would have had to know what he was doing was wrong to be convicted.) With their case, and perhaps their will, weakened, prosecutors waved a white flag and agreed to let Quattrone off--no fine, no admission of guilt, no ban from the securities industry--as long as he stays out of trouble for one year...
...theory that runs counter to the story our culture usually tells us about teenage boys--that they have abandoned dating and monogamy for hooking up and "friends with benefits." But Giordano believed the prevailing wisdom was wrong, and in 2001, with the help of two colleagues, professors Wendy Manning and Monica Longmore, she set out to test...
...aware that not all stereotypes about teenage boys are wrong: they scare easily; they're reluctant to talk about their emotions, and when they do, they're not particularly good at it. So when Giordano and her colleagues decided to undertake a large-scale study of the secret love life of teenagers, they approached their subjects the way you would treat warriors of the Yanomamo: with scientific objectivity and extreme caution...
...girlfriend, and that's what she wanted." The picture of young love that was developing was so different from society's perceptions that Giordano went over the data with extra care. "I would have to think every once in a while, am I just wrong here?" she says. "And then I would think, O.K., let me think about all the different men and boys that I know. They're really nice. I would have to add it up, just think about all the people, you know? It's really a question of numbers...