Glass and maidens are easily broken. (Korean) Maidens say no, and mean yes. (German) You must judge a maiden at the kneading trough, and not in a dance....

Glasses and virgins are in constant danger....

VIRGINITY is the condition of young male and female persons who have not had sexual intercourse and have preserved their sexual innocence. This state is partly biologically determined, in that children do not yet have sexual potency; but that condition...

Virginity is the state of being a virgin. Virgin historically signified a young woman characterized by absence of sexual experience (see Etymology). Currently, virgin need not refer to age or biological sex. Hence, more mature women and men can be...

Deflower power: Debut novel mines the depths of reality TV THE VIRGIN By Erik Barmack St. Martin's Griffin, 244pp., $12.95 paper Joseph Braun is your average red-blooded American man: He craves fame, respect, and true love. And he'll do anything to get...

Virgin territory RICHARD BRANSON, the owner of Virgin, a British records-to-airlines group, is an entrepreneur whose publicity stunts--like crossing the Atlantic in speedboats or hot-air balloons--ruffle sober-suited businessmen. It was "pure luck", they argue, that enabled Mr Branson to build a music...

Throw Indian and American soldiers into a barren Afghanistan desert, toss a nuclear warhead into the hands of terrorists and you have an action-packed plot in the latest graphic novel to be released by Virgin Comics.Created by graphic artists in the southern Indian city of...

Within a few years, a handful of rich tourists may be blasting into space in a craft that looks a little like a cross between the space shuttle and a corporate jet.British billionaire Richard Branson and the aerospace designer Burt Rutan unveiled a model Wednesday...