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Pamela Jacklin, Belushi's sister-in-law, urged a prison term for Smith. "We must let the drug pushers know that the courts will not look kindly upon them. Drug dealers are merchants of misery and death." Smith knows both sides of that coin. According to her attorney, Howard Weitzman, she has been battling her addiction for years. But for Belushi, said Weitzman, Smith might have remained "just another addict...
...South African Krugerrand was far and away the world's top-selling gold bullion coin for years. Then the U.S. banned imports of the item last October in protest against South Africa's racial policies, and Krugerrand sales fell so sharply that production was halted. Canada, Australia and China, among others, are trying to take up the slack. This October the U.S. will begin selling gold coins in $5, $10, $25 and $50 denominations, though the sale price will vary with the value of the metal...
...Drug-testing is a much more reliable scientific tool. It is a definitive test. It's relatively non-intrusive." True, false, false. Drug-testing is more reliable than truth-testing. The polygraph test, with an accuracy of some 50 percent is about as accurate a measure of honesty as coin-flipping. But drug tests still have a margin of error of 2-11 percent. With 1.1 million federal employees, that adds up to some 110,000 people whose careers would be curtailed by the erroneous results of an unneccessary drug test. Even if they were later to be vindicated, their...
...Statue of Liberty's 100th anniversary party in New York harbor is still a month away, but people who bought U.S. coins minted to commemorate the event are already celebrating. The Liberty coins, which are available in sets containing a $5 gold piece, a silver dollar and a copper-and-nickel half- dollar, were originally put up for sale by the Treasury last October for $175 a set. They were an immediate hit with both Americans and foreign tourists. People bought the coins not only as souvenirs but as gifts for weddings, graduations and birthdays. In two months, the sets...
...almost like an imposed coin-flip," Levy says. "We didn't have a burning desire to jump into terrorist warfare against Americans...