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That beautiful machine stalled right after I pulled out of the driveway. Flustered, I started it up and drove on slowly, hoping it wouldn't stall again. Suddenly, across my path I saw a car making a left turn and remembered in a flash that while there are lines of traffic in New England stopped at red lights, the Texans are more efficient, using four-way stop signs, one of which I hadn't noticed because I was worrying about the motor stalling My right foot braked; there was a crunch of metal against metal and a thud when...
Behavioral Effects. The principal active element in marijuana, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), like alcohol, impairs motor coordination, the ability to follow a moving object and to detect a flash of light. Since these functions are necessary for safe driving, the report notes, their impairment "may suggest a substantial risk." The effects may last four to eight hours after the time the user feels a "high," unlike alcohol, which is more quickly metabolized. Marijuana hampers short-term memory, slows learning and produces distortions of judgment, including reactions of panic and confusion. Consequently, there is special concern since much of the heavy...
...acknowledges that "the doctrines of the state religion were not able to survive the war in Vietnam, at least among large parts of the population." By dismissing the opposition to the war in a flash, Chomsky stands on shaky ground. He fails to explain how the mobilization of anti-war opinion occured, particularly in a country well-versed or so Chomsky claims, in the "engineering of consent...
March 1, 1:51 a.m.--A Harvard employee reported that $625 worth of camera equipment was stolen from room 1420 of William James Hall. Among the items stolen were a Konica 35mm autoreflex camera, a 50mm lens and a Vivitar automating 252 flash...
...junior, Hall has lost little of her flash but has learned to incorporate it into a more team-oriented approach to the game...