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...quest for more luscious lashes has even reached the pharmaceutical industry. In January, Allergan, the company that made Botox a household name, introduced Latisse, the first FDA-approved prescription drug to aid growth of longer, fuller lashes. Suggested retail price: $120 for a 30-day supply. But stop using the pricey solution and lashes will eventually shrink to their original size. At least there will always be falsies to fall back...
...move would seriously crimp the drug cartels' cash flow, estimated at more than $25 billion a year. El Paso's mayor vetoed the resolution, but "the discussion is changing," says council member Beto O'Rourke, who insists the U.S. has for too long relied too heavily on military aid to producer and trafficker nations and on stiff sentences for drug possession at home. "If you live on the border, you see that the old drug-policy emperor has no clothes...
...athletic policy of Harvard. Yes, the administration decided, the College would actively seek athletes for its student body. Yes, it would strive to remain competitive with its peers. No, students would not receive athletic scholarships, but they would have the same opportunities as other needy students for financial aid...
...Nonetheless, losing players is something to be avoided, and Harvard coaches face the especially difficult task of attracting and retaining athletes without the mechanism of the athletic scholarship. Whereas financial aid contingent upon athletic participation is a powerful incentive used by schools across the country, the ban on such scholarships in the Ivy League means that coaching staff must rely on other tactics...
...According to Congressional Quarterly, Harman was allegedly overheard by a government agency discussing a proposal to come to the aid of two Israeli lobbyists during a federal investigation into the person with whom Harman was speaking. The name of that individual has not been disclosed, though sources told the New York Times that the person promised in return to convince Hollywood Democratic fundraiser Haim Saban (popularizer of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) to withhold funds from then minority leader Nancy Pelosi unless Pelosi gave Harman the chairmanship of the Intelligence Committee when and if the Democrats won back the House...