non-romantic

If I were to liken my universe (Henceforth dubbed the Wingverse) to the Marvel Universe/DC Universe, Darkstar is probably Batman or the Punisher (He even has Alcatraz as a non-romantic Catwoman) and the Specials are the X-Men, the Six being something like … the Avengers!

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Wings’ Second Review Forum 2009

Sanford also told the AP of what he said were two non-romantic encounters - including their first meeting in 2001 in Uruguay and getting coffee in New York during the 2004 Republican National Convention.

Boehner to go head-to-head with Tiger Woods 2009

An increase in non-romantic sexual relationships increases the risk of sexually transmitted infections.

Casual sex increasing in U.S. 2010

Respect and admiration is what he believes in – to which she adds trust, and there we have our definition of what non-romantic love is: trust, respect, and admiration (Oxford comma optional).

Hal Hartley’s Trust – at last on DVD « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009

I think that it is extremely important to take what Klein calls a "sober, non-romantic view of government."

Teaching Un-Normal Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

People in non-romantic sexual relationships today are likely to have multiple partners, researchers have found, and that behavior could promote the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, they note.

Casual sex increasing in U.S. 2010

He and his colleagues asked 783 heterosexual adults, ages 18 to 60, how many people they had been sexually involved with during their most recent non-romantic sexual relationship and found:

Casual sex increasing in U.S. 2010

"People can make their own choices, but we hope this information will be useful as they weigh the risks and rewards of non-romantic sexual relationships," Paik said.

Casual sex increasing in U.S. 2010

"The United States has seen a major shift toward non-romantic sexual partnerships — people becoming sexually involved when they are just casually dating or not dating at all," study author Anthony Paik, a sociologist at the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said in a university news release.

Casual sex increasing in U.S. 2010

An unpleasant show about miserable people working in an environment (corporate public relations) that's about as welcoming as Chernobyl, this is the decidedly non-romantic story of newly divorced whiner Alex (Hank Azaria), who cries after sex and any time he hears a certain Archies song, and snappish co-worker Helen (Kathryn Hahn), who drowns her sorrows over her dead-too-soon fiancé, to whom she's turned her home into a creepy shrine.

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