A Legend In His Own Minefield

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The Hell of Hormonal Imbalance

The Hell of Hormonal Imbalance

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John Mendelssohn
Apr 02, 2010
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There has never existed a group of young virgins (with maybe a few non-virgins) more likely to plunge a shy young man into the hell of hormonal imbalance than that at Orville Wright Junior High School when I was a ninth grader there. Susan Purcell! Barbara Meyers! And then, halfway through eighth grade, Marilyn Monroe’s younger double, Pat Wymer. How wa…

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