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Massachusetts schools should not waste administrative time and resources rehashing failed programs. College students will see mandatory alcohol classes as a nuisance—no one will be surprised to learn that alcohol can cloud your judgment and that when consumed in excess can be dangerous to your body. Creating optional, substance-free housing would just segregate students at schools—like Harvard, for example—that value diversity in their dorms. Presently, students who do not want to drink can always choose to abstain—they don’t need their own dorms...
That's not the case in Vermont, where Medicaid spending on prescription drugs jumped from $40 million in 1998 to $115 million last year. There, according to a new law, a drug company can be fined $10,000 for every physician's gift in excess of $25 that it fails to report to a state registry. Massachusetts, Maine, New York and Wisconsin are considering similar legislation. "Doctors don't want their names in public as taking money or tickets or whatnot from drug companies," says Vermont Governor Howard Dean...
EXTRA BAGGAGE Ticket agents used to turn a blind eye to oversize or excess luggage. Now they charge for it, up to $80 for each offense...
...Moscow, past the casinos with their grand prizes--a sports car, a small helicopter--hoisted up on platforms, past the young girl offering to rent out her horse for a late-evening ride, and you realize that the Russian capital is like nowhere else. It's a showplace for excess but also a village: many grim Stalin-era buildings encircle cozy courtyards where children play on swings and pensioners walk their dogs. One of the delights of today's Moscow is that its food spans the same wild spectrum: from world class to high kitsch to the products...
...safe environment,” he said, adding that nobody was drinking to excess. “Last time I went to Absolut, I did a complete problem set afterward...