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...whatever the administration finally does about the sewage creek it is up, it finds itself in a double bind. The clientele who are supposed to want to live in DeWolfe this fall (seniors) probably don't want it in sufficient numbers. The sophomores who probably want it aren't supposed to--they're supposed to want to be integrated into the houses and preserve the vigor of house life. (How the administrative ideal of a house with 30 to 50 absent seniors is supposed to be vigorous is left unsaid...
Drugs used during the research, many of which were similar in structure or chemical actions to cocaine, could be used to combat the effects of cocaine addiction, Bergman said, because such drugs block the dopamine signal, and thus the ability of cocaine to bind to the transport system...
...that volume was going to go down because of electronics. Since then, there have been 14 consecutive years of up volume, each year higher than the next. The Postal Service seems to continue to be doubling about every 20 years in volume. We don't see any interruption. We bind this country together much more than anything else. There are many more letters delivered than long-distance telephone calls made...
Does an effective treatment for lead poisoning exist? Yes, provided it begins before too much damage is done. Doctors get the lead out with a process called chelation, using drugs that bind to the metal in the bloodstream, allowing it to be flushed out in the urine. The drug of choice has been calcium-disodium EDTA, but it is usually administered intravenously over several days in a hospital. The Food and Drug Administration has approved for + use in children an oral drug called DMSA, which does not require hospitalization. But effective as chelation is, doctors point out that medical treatment...
...matter how much he must depend on the armed forces, Gorbachev will have to think carefully before turning to martial law in the republics that defy him. All 15 of the republics -- with giant Russia in the lead -- are in some ways loosening the ties that bind them to Moscow, and despite the pervasiveness of the security forces, it is not clear they could hold them all in check at the same time. "If they have to crack down in lots of places," says an analyst in Washington, "that could create a revolutionary situation." The Soviet people can still...