Word: confirmation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...head of the Drug Enforcement Administration. "The fact is, they're losing the battle." In 1985 more than 23% of youths ages 12 to 17 said they smoked marijuana; in 1991 that figure was 13%, and Bonner says it is still falling. Bonner also offers a reminder that studies confirm such marijuana health risks as destruction of nerve cells in the brain and lung damage...
...Alan Ladd Jr., the chairman of the bank's MGM studio. "By the time the bank told me about the deal," Ladd says, "it was a fait accompli." He seems tentative about the whole thing. "I don't think MGM is for sale at this time." However, CAA sources confirm that Ovitz is indeed out to find a buyer...
Shaffer later testified before an arbitrator that he had been informed Hicks would be absent--though not by Hicks--and that Hicks had called him the day of the absence to confirm that he would be reporting for his next shift...
...disappointed that Garza and Grove used a public forum to help confirm students' preconceptions of the U.C: that student services are subordinated to internal political struggle and intrigue. These preconceptions are only buttressed by the Crimson's biased coverage: to place an article on the Council's major success of the year (the sold out Adam Sandler concert in Sanders Theater, which benefited 1,200 students) behind a superficial issue created by an insignificant minority of U.C. members is perplexing. Social events such as the Adam Sandler concert are not only inherently valuable because they are entertaining; I would like...
...ATTORNEY JAY STEPHENS RESIGNED FROM HIS POST under pressure from the Clinton Administration last week, he complained that his departure could impede the investigation of alleged corruption in the House post office as well as alleged wrongdoing by House Ways and Means chairman Dan Rostenkowski. But Justice Department sources confirm the case is set to move ahead without Stephens. Prosecutors are 30 to 60 days away from announcing the indictments of a former Congressman and a former top-ranking official at the House post office...