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...transactions outside the store by his employees and customers; they claim evidence shows that, though Lynch may not have known of such transactions, "the atmosphere and example that defendant set, and that his employees and customers followed, was not one of strict compliance with the law but rather a casual, almost carnival-like attitude toward the use and distribution of marijuana." One of the most serious federal charges leveled against Lynch was that he sold the drug to more than 250 minors, which is defined as under 18 under state law and under 21 under federal laws. (Read "Can Marijuana...
...Miriam Noel Wright, Wright’s third great love and second wife. Maude aggrandizes herself as the erstwhile “Belle of Memphis,” and by the time she meets Wright, her self-obsession has collapsed into pure solipsism, not without the help of a casual morphine addiction. “Yes, she’d hidden her kit from Frank as much as possible and from Leora too, not that she was ashamed or in danger of becoming a morphinomane or anything of that nature, but because her medicines were a private affair...
...suddenly, with symptoms that include nausea, diarrhea and stomach cramping, and sometimes low-grade fevers, chills and muscle ache, all of which normally resolve within three days. People contract the virus by eating contaminated food, touching contaminated surfaces and then placing their hands in their mouths, or through casual contact with an infected person, suggesting the illness could have been brought to the restaurant by a customer carrying the virus. Regardless of who triggered the health scare, "it's affected the restaurant big time because we had to cancel on 800 people," Blumenthal said. (Vote for the 2009 TIME...
...national security. The week before I arrived, several Arakanese with vaguely political backgrounds were rounded up by the police and haven't been seen since. "They close our ears and they close our mouths," says an Arakanese political dissident, noting the heavy Burmese security presence that can make even casual conversation at a teahouse fraught. "And now, they are taking our treasures, our oil and gas. What do we get in return? Nothing...
...Conversations with Kirkland” Series was founded in 2002 by Peter V. Emerson, resident scholar of Kirkland house and former Kennedy School of Government student, and co-housemasters Tom C. Conley and Verena A. Conley. Since its inception, the series has hosted casual talks between students and a wide range of guest speakers, including several actors and famous politicians...