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Dressed in riot gear, with acid-proof coveralls, helmets, masks and shields, they didn't hesitate to wield their batons in forcibly removing students from the building...

Author: By Sasha A. Haines-stiles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Kinder, Gentler Police Force | 9/15/2000 | See Source »

...HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE This and the related Insulin Growth Factor 1 will figure on the podium. Human growth hormone is a naturally occurring amino acid. It controls the release of IGF-1, which helps maintain growth rates from birth to adulthood. Genetically engineered hGH, available since 1985, was developed for people with growth-hormone deficiency, such as children with dwarfism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summer Olympics: Are Drugs Winning the games? | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...artists for her campaign to clean up music lyrics. Within the walls of their Arlington, Va., home, Tipper's efforts led to fights. "It was like the embarrassment everyone has if their parents pick them up from the eighth-grade dance," Karenna says. "It was like that on acid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democratic Convention: The Daughter Also Rises | 8/21/2000 | See Source »

...know that lactic acid is just one of a group of compounds, called hydroxy acids, that can reduce wrinkles. The trick is to get the right concentration. Too much and you burn through too many layers. Too little and there's no effect at all. Even modest amounts irritate the epidermis a little, causing it to swell, which has the benefit of filling out some of those furrows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Face-Lift In A Jar? | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

What about vitamin C? You'd think, since it's a hydroxy acid and an antioxidant, that it would prove ideal. Vitamin C even has a tendency to stabilize vitamin E, which is one reason you so often see the two of them together. Unfortunately, this putative conqueror of the common cold loses its potency rather quickly when exposed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Face-Lift In A Jar? | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

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