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The doomsday machines; Sir Isaac Newton predicted the world would end in 2060. He may have been /wrong about the causes, but mankind could still be at risk, writes Michael Hanlon.(News)
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THE end came, not with a bang, but with a whimper. Hardly anyone saw it coming, and those who did were dismissed as either nutters or Luddites, enemies of the new technological nirvana which, since a series of breakthroughs in the late 2010s, seemed to promise a glittering new dawn for humanity.
For centuries, mankind had fantasised about the end of the world - when it would come and what form it would take.
The Hindus and Buddhists took a decidedly sanguine, long-term view, assuming that the endless cycles of creation and reincarnation would persist for ...
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Abstinence-education backers tout new oversight; Friendlier HHS division takes charge of two grant programs.(NATION)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...Cheryl Wetzstein, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Abstinence-education supporters are cheering...recent move of the nation's two largest abstinence-grant programs to a new - and friendlier...and $104 million community-based abstinence-education grant programs. "Wade...
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Abstinence-what?: a critical look at the language of educational approaches to adolescent sexual risk reduction.(Commentary)
Magazine article from: Journal of School Health
; ...Adolescent Family Life Act, and the abstinence education movement began its rapid ascendancy...about sexual risk reduction in schools: abstinence or harm reduction. During the intractable...several terms became household words: "abstinence," "abstinence-only education...
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Abstinence bill gaining momentum; Backers cite safety; critics say lessons ignore teen behavior
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...development classes to teach sexual abstinence until marriage as the preferred behavior...at a public hearing Tuesday, where abstinence was called the only "100% effective...said Wisconsin teens don't get the abstinence message in classrooms enough because...
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Abstinence end just one defeat.(CULTURE)(ON THE FAMILY)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
; ...very well mark the end of a core abstinence-education program. The legislative expiration of the Title V Abstinence Education program - created in 1996...unprecedented, eight-point definition of abstinence education - will be just the first...
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Abstinence or else! The just-say-no approach in sex ed lacks one detail: evidence that it works.
Magazine article from: The Nation
; ...encourages safe sex. Our philosophy is abstinence, not safe sex." The sentiment expressed...as school board after school board adopts abstinence-only sex education programs. Abstinence-only education stresses "character...
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Abstinence promise; Bush doubles funds, gives hope to challenge Planned Parenthood.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...administration proposal to double funding for abstinence education to $270 million a year has...However, it is sparking hope among abstinence proponents who think the money can be...All over the country from all the abstinence educators' living rooms? We're pretty...
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ABSTINENCE-ONLY: ; Future of sex ed programs in limbo
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail
; ...the Bush administration, critics of abstinence-only sex education will be making...however, as conservative supporters of abstinence education lobby Congress and President...as Georgia - are determined to keep abstinence programs going on their own, ensuring...
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Abstinence funds debate heats up on Senate panel.(NATION)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...definition of a $50 million-a-year abstinence education grant program is expected...would allow states to use their Title V abstinence education funds "how they see fit...used only to promote premarital sexual abstinence. Abstinence education supporters say...
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Abstinence program successes.(COMMENTARY)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...the National Press Club indicating abstinence programs produce positive outcomes. One evaluation shows abstinence programs cut the rate of sexual activity...study, a comprehensive review of 21 abstinence effectiveness studies (two-thirds...
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Abstinence-only on shaky ground; Program funding threatened despite parental support in polls.(NATION)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...TIMES The fate of the nation's core abstinence-education program in the House looks...the $50 million-a-year Title V abstinence-education grant program, which expires June 30. Abstinence-only seems to be a colossal failure...
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