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Opponents of legalization contend that marijuana use is, on balance, more dangerous than cigarettes and alcohol, and that permitting its sale would increase the rate of addiction...
...asked abortion on demand competing with calls for a complete ban on the procedure, even in cases of rape, incest or when the mother's life is in danger. Neither of these positions are or will become law, at least given the current Supreme Court makeup, and therefore I contend it is time for both sides to consider where they can agree on a common goal--fewer abortions--and the following plan to make that a reality...
...order to accomplish that objective, Harvard will have to face defending Ivy champ Princeton and last year's runner-up Brown on the road, and will have to contend with strong teams from Yale and Cornell at home...
...naming former Detriot News editor Robert H. Giles the foundation's new curator. It was a questionable appointment, preceded by several letters of protest. Giles achieved notoriety among some reporters for his anti-union position during a bitter 1995 strike at the Detroit News. Former Detroit News reporters also contend that, under Giles, the paper published biased and slanted accounts of the strike. Based on independent reviews of the Detroit News' coverage, these accusations seem at least partially valid...
Both companies will now have to convince customers that the tire problems are limited to just a few models and that the Firestone name can still be trusted. But first they will have to contend with scenes of crumpled SUVs and shredded tires and with accident victims like Dr. Rene Brignoni, a Florida oral surgeon who survived an Explorer rollover with a broken nose and severe lacerations last April when, he alleges, the tread suddenly peeled away from a Firestone tire. Brignoni is suing Firestone, charging that the company behaved irresponsibly. Says he: "I feel very fortunate to be alive...