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Freud soon realized to his chagrin that Erlenmeyer was correct. Freud's friend and patient, Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, became the first morphine addict in Europe to be cured by using cocaine; he was also one of the first to become dependent on the new drug. This unhappy development dampened Freud's interest in cocaine and helped turn his attention to the psychological theories that eventually won him fame...
...their chagrin, authorities then discovered that they had little with which to charge Sapp. The evidence was admissible and damaging. But Sapp could not be charged with conspiracy because the other "conspirator" was a law officer who had no intention of carrying out his part of the deal. Therefore no true conspiracy existed. Further, Florida, like many other states, has no statute defining solicitation of a murder as a felony. Hence prosecutors had to settle for a common-law rule under which it is only a misdemeanor. Maximum penalty: one year and $1,000. The trial is scheduled...
...Lord Byron looked with chagrin upon all the foreign tourists visiting one of his favorite countries and complained that Italy was "pestilent with English." Italy is quite a bit different this year-and so is every other country in Europe. Not only are many Britons spending the summer of' 74 back in their own backyards but so are other Europeans, as well as the usually ubiquitous Japanese and the big-tipping Americans. Tourism, which ranks among the world's largest industries in terms of money spent abroad, is in a slough...
...presidency, Richard Nixon last week took the unusual step of inviting Columnist James J. Kilpatrick of the Washington Star-News Syndicate to drop by the Oval Office. A Virginia conservative with a waspish wit, Kilpatrick has supported Nixon for years, although he did admit to feeling "shame, embarrassment, disgust, chagrin" after reading the full text of the White House tapes. The interview turned into a rambling, often self-serving monologue that lasted 80 minutes. The President's main points...
...pleasingly plump ones, because the additional weight is mostly unwanted fat. About all the operators can do is go on selling the steers when they reach optimum slaughter weight and hope for a price rebound later. That could happen in about six months, to the housewife's chagrin: there are an estimated 20% fewer steers coming into feed lots than a year ago. The result is that demand could exceed supply by late fall...