DO YOU KNOW THE RIGHT WAY TO KISS?Byline: Chris Poon poon n. Any of several trees of the genus Calophyllum, of southern Asia, having light hard wood used for masts and spars. [Sinhalese p Providence Journal-Bulletin College students may be all too knowledgable about sex, but they have a lot to learn about planting a proper kiss, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a self-proclaimed smooching expert. Kissing, according to Boston lawyer and teacher Michael Christian Christian played 82 games for East Perth in the WAFL from 1981 to 1986 and then crossed to Collingwood in the VFL/AFL to play out , is a sexy skill that takes practice. ``I think people are fascinated by kissing, but a lot of people have anxiety about it,'' he said. ``The most frequent question I get is, `How can I kiss properly?'' ' With Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. fast approaching, the lessons can't come too soon. Jessica White Jessica White (born 1984 in Buffalo, New York) is an African-American supermodel, actress and covergirl. At 16 she was scouted in her hometown of Buffalo, New York and was whisked off to Paris where she signed a contract with the IMG agency. , who's in charge of booking guest lecturers for the University of Rhode Island's student entertainment committee, says the group voted to invite Christian after his agent sent a titillating tit·il·late v. tit·il·lat·ed, tit·il·lat·ing, tit·il·lates v.tr. 1. To stimulate by touching lightly; tickle. 2. To excite (another) pleasurably, superficially or erotically. publicity package. In it, he promises that students will demonstrate how to perform ``today's trendiest kisses,'' including the Upside-Down Kiss, the Lip-O-Suction Kiss and the Trobriand Islands Kiss. After no one responded to White's appeal for volunteers in the campus newspaper (``We go to this big school and no one wants to kiss anybody,'' she complained later), White drafted a few friends for the show. Anne Wiske, a 21-year-old senior studying marine affairs, is one of them. ``A lot of people are used to hearing about sex and safe sex, and this is just a fun way to enjoy another person, I guess. It seems pretty harmless,'' said Wiske, who will bring her boyfriend, a toothbrush, toothpaste and mouthwash mouthwash /mouth·wash/ (mouth´wosh) a solution for rinsing the mouth. mouth·wash n. A medicated liquid for cleaning the mouth and treating diseased mucous membranes. to the kissing rehearsal Christian will hold an hour before his lecture on Feb. 18. Christian, who lectures and writes under the pseudonym William Cane, began studying different kissing styles after a date told him he should keep his eyes shut when they puckered up. Slightly put off, Christian went to a local library to consult the experts. ``I wanted something to back up my view that I could keep my eyes open,'' he said. ``I realized there was nothing written about this subject.'' He has since penned ``The Art of Kissing,'' ``The Book of Kisses'' and ``The Art of Hugging.'' When he's not on the lecture circuit charging $2,000 per appearance, he works part time teaching a course on vocabulary building at Boston College. Christian, 44, is single and says he doesn't practice the kissing styles he teaches on his dates. He doesn't practice law anymore either, having abandoned the field after working as a lawyer for six weeks in 1986. So what exactly is the Trobriand Islands Kiss? Couples on that group of islands, located off the coast of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (păp`  ə, –y , kiss in a style unfamiliar to most romantics, Christian said. ``They get together on a mat, hug each other, tear out handfuls of each other's hair and nibble Half a byte (four bits). (data) nibble - /nib'l/ (US "nybble", by analogy with "bite" -> "byte") Half a byte. Since a byte is nearly always eight bits, a nibble is nearly always four bits (and can therefore be represented by one hex digit). off each other's eyelashes,'' he said. ``It's a status symbol there to have short eyelashes.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: No caption (Lips) |
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