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...abuse did not exist in their countries, insisting that addiction was a product of "decadent" capitalism. Not anymore. In a dramatic about-face, Soviet and East European authorities have begun to crack down on drug suppliers, searching for ways to treat addicts and publishing an array of statistics to deter potential users. Reason for the turnabout: narcotics use not only exists in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe but is growing rapidly in some areas...
...paintings sell well, nor have they brought Matthews lasting fame, but that doesn't deter him. "It doesn't matter to me. I don't understand why some people like to say how much they pay for art. I buy what I like. I'll hang anything, I don't care if it goes with the couch. I buy it because I like to look at it, not as an investment," he says...
This hostile environment may also deter promising minorities from teaching law, many fear. "Those of us in the business are extremely concerned that prospective minority lawyers who would become future law professors not be discouraged from pursuing access to the profession," Carty-Bennia says. She believes that incidents such as the Bell controversy "send a message to the best and brightest of minority graduates that this is not a business that takes them seriously...
...Force's opinion did not deter the New York politicians from decrying the potential loss of 1,200 Long Island jobs and launching a "Save the T-46A" drive. The campaign climaxed in the Senate, where Republican Alphonse D'Amato and Democrat Daniel Moynihan teamed up to stage a 23 1/2-hr. filibuster in the closing days of the congressional session. They stalled passage of an omnibus spending bill long enough so that the Government began running out of funds and half a million federal workers had to be sent home. Their lost time cost taxpayers an estimated $62 million...
...Reading skills will be shared best in a truly warm and neighborhood setting. Anything else will deter illiterates," he said...