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yesterday was...

Monday 31 July 1995 23:02 BST
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a good day for:

Cautious sado-masochists, with the news that the new Dutch prostitutes' union, Prosex, intends to set higher regulatory standards for client safety, including a nearby key for all handcuffs and an insistence that all bondage equipment can be unfastened in 30 seconds.

a bad day for:

The unnamed newly-wed in Kuwait who was rushed to hospital, with back pain and exhaustion, "pale, powerless and unable to speak," according to friends, after making love to his 17-year-old wife six times a day in the week after their marriage.

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