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Brace yourselves, gentlemen: Not only does size matter when it comes to penis length, but female preference for large genitalia is probably what drove the evolution of your manhood to begin with. In a study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers concluded that penis length was just as important as height when it came to sexual attraction among women. And just how did scientists figure that out? They asked 100 Australian women to look at life-size, computer-generated images of men in the Full Monty and asked them to rate each one as a potential sexual partner.

NEW DELHI - Malaysia faces its most significant election in decades Sunday, as voters choose between the longtime ruling coalition touting its steady hand and an untested opposition alliance promising economic and political reforms. The stakes are huge as the old guard digs in, analysts say, fanning fear among its traditional Muslim base that national security, the economy and Islam's central role will be undercut if a more diverse opposition takes power. Malaysia's population is about 60% ethnic Malay Muslim, 25% ethnic Chinese and 15% ethnic Indian.

Nevada officials have given National University permission to begin operations in North Las Vegas. The approval came Wednesday after the state regulatory agency was urged to show caution in overseeing the San Diego-based school. National was cleared by the Nevada Commission on Postsecondary Education to begin operations this fall. Commissioners were told that the university met all the requirements for being licensed.

Brace yourselves, gentlemen: Not only does size matter when it comes to penis length, but female preference for large genitalia is probably what drove the evolution of your manhood to begin with. In a study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers concluded that penis length was just as important as height when it came to sexual attraction among women. And just how did scientists figure that out? They asked 100 Australian women to look at life-size, computer-generated images of men in the Full Monty and asked them to rate each one as a potential sexual partner.

The Board of Trustees of National University selected a new interim president Wednesday as it officially began its search for a new head of the school, a spokesman for the board said. Dr. Frank J. Hennessy, the vice president for academic affairs, was selected to take over for the previous interim president, Murray C. Cook, while the university begins its nationwide search, which it hopes to complete within 12 months, Dr. John Warren, a trustee, said.

An accreditation group has rescinded its suspended probation of National University, which was cited for financial and management difficulties, the university announced this week. The Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges had placed the university in the suspended probation category last year. The suspended probation was lifted this weekend. National was founded by David Chigos in 1971, starting with 27 students.

The search has begun at National University to replace the school's President David Chigos, who decided Tuesday to assume the role of president emeritus. While the quest for Chigos' replacement is on, Murray C. Cook, National University's vice president of administration, will be the school's interim president.

National University has been placed on probation by the Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges (WASC), which cited the school's rapid growth as detrimental to the quality of its educational programs, an association official said. Ralph Wolff, associate executive director of the independent accreditation agency, said Tuesday that the probation, apparently designed to limit the university's growth, is scheduled to last until June 30, 1989.

National University trustees, eager to bolster the school's position in the academic community, have named a seasoned East Coast educator to take the reins of the 11-campus institution. Jerry C. Lee, former president of a prominent university for the deaf, was selected from among a field of more than 100 to lead National University. Lee succeeds the school's founder and first president, David Chigos, who resigned last year amid problems over accreditation at the 17-year-old university, which serves mostly working adults.

National University has been placed on probation by the Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges (WASC), which cited the school's rapid growth as detrimental to the quality of its educational programs, an association official said Tuesday. Ralph Wolff, associate executive director of the independent accreditation agency, said the probation, apparently designed to limit the university's growth, is scheduled to last until June 30, 1989.

It is one of Latin America's best-known and biggest schools, with five times more students than UCLA and a treasured spot in Mexican life as the people's house of higher learning. But to prove it really matters, the 100-year-old National Autonomous University of Mexico, or UNAM, is placing its work on the Internet. All of it. In an effort of staggering scope, UNAM hopes to upload everything it has — from 18th century newspapers and vintage films to hundreds of thousands of student theses and a still-to-be-gauged sea of classroom teaching items — and let the world have it free of charge.

In his remarks to the nation Monday, President Obama needed to navigate a narrow, thorny path in explaining the United States' involvement in Libya's internal strife. He had to persuade a somewhat skeptical American public that intervention was in the national interest, while reassuring viewers that the U.S. military's role would remain a limited one. He had to cast the action in terms of protecting Libya's helpless citizens from the attacks of Moammar Kadafi's forces, without claiming that Kadafi's ouster was the goal of the military operation.

It's a giant leap from Compton High to Harvard University, but Leslie Jimenez is eager to get started as a freshman at the venerable Ivy League school this September. Julio Gomez and Berhane Azage -- recent graduates of South Los Angeles public high schools who are heading, respectively, to Dartmouth and Stanford -- feel much the same way.

If you think the AARP is a force to be reckoned with, then you haven't met Martha Dominguez Davy. She has high blood pressure and at times is troubled by arthritis. But the 72-year-old was headed to the barricades to defend her $64-a-month pension and the man who gave it to her. That would be Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, whose impeachment by Congress last week was a major setback in his bid to become the country's next president.

UCLA graduate student Ayappa Biddanda enjoys hobnobbing with music industry celebrities while working at his off-campus marketing job with a record label. But Biddanda has discovered that he doesn't have to leave the classroom to brush up against people with a measure of star power. In the fall quarter he took a film course taught by Academy Award-winning producer Peter Guber.

Pushy con men in loud suits, with sales pitches as slick as their hair: It's the car-salesman stereotype most Americans love to hate. Aiming to boost the profession's image, a growing number of dealerships and industry associations are training new salespeople to avoid the heavy-handed techniques that the public knows so well -- and still sell cars. At National University's Costa Mesa campus, 100 people a month complete a four-day seminar sponsored by the Orange County Auto Dealers Assn.

The Maine Legislature on Friday approved the nation's first health plan that provides medical care for all state residents. "This is probably as explicit and inclusive a health-care program as you can get," said Arthur Levin, director of the nonprofit Center for Medical Consumers in New York. "It is saying, 'We want to cover everybody in our state, one way or another.'

A frazzled working mother with season tickets to the Long Beach Opera recently missed a performance. She called and asked for new ones, explaining she had been overwhelmed by the events of Sept. 11 and had not opened her mail to get her tickets. The truth of the matter was, she was vacationing in Yosemite. The woman is not the only person who has used the national crisis as an excuse. Although the evidence is anecdotal, it seems that plenty of people have invoked Sept.