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...12th grade, about half of young Americans have tried marijuana, which put me in the geeky other half. I used to think this was a good thing, since I never developed a taste for pot and avoided becoming dependent. But as the medical-marijuana movement flowered and weed's p.r. improved, I often wondered if I shouldn't have relished it as a kid, before I had a personal trainer to tsk-tsk my every vice. Shrinking testicles? Mushy brains? I came to see these as grotesqueries invented by antidrug propagandists...
...conquered Sicily over the centuries. A short walk can lead one past Byzantine mosaics, Arab domes, Norman churches and Spanish sculptures. The most striking architectural hybrid must be the Church of San Giovanni degli Eremiti, a lush Roman Catholic sanctuary that was converted from a Muslim mosque after the 12th century departure of the Arabs. The church's Islamic roots can be clearly seen in its red domes and cubic structure. Another mixed, though ultimately Christian, visual feast is the city's main cathedral, an imposing 12th century testament to Gothic grandeur. The 1997 reopening of Teatro Massimo, once...
...Huskies struck first in the 12th minute of play, when junior forward Salla Ranta found the back of the net off of a corner kick. Harvard let UConn take three shots from point blank range before Ranta found the back...
...posted two third-place finishes in the seven races, but a 12th-place result in the first race and a last-place finish in the penultimate race torpedoed its chances of victory...
...ninth, 10th and two 12th-place finishes significantly undermined their efforts and landed them in eighth place...