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Just remembered the best part of the conference. We gave an award to Laurie Zabin, a researcher at Johns Hopkins, for her career in adolescent health. During her acceptance speech, she reflected on the change in atmosphere in the last 50 years or so, specifically the shift from talking about a problem of illegitimacy to one of teen pregnancy. She recounted meeting with a certain bombastic Maryland legislator who opened a session by barking, "WE CAN'T BEAT THE COMMIES WITH AN ARMY OF BASTARDS." so true.