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...Most adolescents??worry about acne and raging hormones. At 15, Joe Nuxhall had to worry about a stadium full of fans urging him--as a relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds--to thwart the St. Louis Cardinals. During a 1944 game, the Ohio teen--whose local-league dad had recommended him to the Reds when the team was depleted by World War II--stepped up and earned two outs before losing his cool. He didn't pitch again for the team for eight years, but Nuxhall, who in recent years was the radio-broadcast voice of the Reds, had become...
...opportunity he needs right now," says Ritchie. "I'm not promoting legalized gambling. But the argument that legalized gambling will create problem gamblers is false." Nonetheless, a number of psychologists and sociologists emphasize the need for a vigorous educational program to inform the public ?particularly adolescents???about the risks that are as much a part of gambling as its potential profits and pleasures. Dr. Sirgay Sanger, for example, director of the Parent-Child Interaction Program at St. Luke's Hospital in Manhattan believes: "We've become a very materialistic and success-oriented society that is tremendously influenced by mass...
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