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Smoke signals.


Have a date for 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.
? Of course, you'll you'll  

Contraction of you will.


you'll you will or you shall
you'll will
 want to look smoking hot--but, hopefully, you'll skip the actual smoking. Researchers discovered that girls who date young, like at age 11 or 12, are nine times more likely to smoke by 13, and have three times the risk of smoking before leaving high school. The study, published in the journal Addiction addiction: see drug addiction and drug abuse. , surveyed more than 2,000 British kids over the course of five gears. Researchers sag smoking and dating may indicate a desire to be perceived per·ceive  
tr.v. per·ceived, per·ceiv·ing, per·ceives
1. To become aware of directly through any of the senses, especially sight or hearing.

2. To achieve understanding of; apprehend.
 as "adult." The thing that confuses us is, who wants to kiss someone with smoker's breath? Yuck.
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Title Annotation:Short Stuff
Publication:Girls' Life
Date:Feb 1, 2007
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