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Levamisole also affects acetylcholine receptors throughout the body, which can boost heart rate - and studies of cocaine users show that they associate jumps in heart rate with getting high, spurring good feelings even before the drug hits the brain. A cut that accelerates heart rate might make them think they're getting the real thing. In the brain, levamisole may affect the same acetylcholine receptors activated by nicotine, another addictive drug that raises dopamine levels - which may be another clue to levamisole's lure. (See pictures of the antinarcotics police in Guinea-Bissau and Liberia...
...success in politics is about more than pride. "We need to have people at the table of power when decisions are being made about our lives," says Dison of the Victory Fund. "Our straight allies and nonallies get to know us as human beings, and that tends to affect hearts and minds...
...like Crist, who have returned the money in a timely fashion. (Since Rothstein's indictment last month, Crist, who is in a tight race for a U.S. Senate seat this year, has given back $9,600 that Rothstein donated to his campaign.) "In that case, it really shouldn't affect this year's elections," says Foreman...
Between 1,000 and 1,300 students per year have applied for a spot among the transfer class in the past, according to Rotner. Nevertheless, the admissions office has “no way of knowing” how the two-year suspension of the program will affect the number of applications the College will receive, she added...
Although pawn loans are far pricier than credit-card and bank loans, they also are faster, don't require complicated paperwork and don't affect one's personal credit. Since the loan is backed by merchandise, if the loan isn't repaid, the person simply loses the pawned item - "whereas with other types of loans, I could lose my house or car," says Henry Coffey, a senior analyst at Sterne Agee & Leach...