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...vast majority of inky caps are harmless, report the Missoula doctors in the New England Journal of Medicine. But by one of nature's quirks, a few inky caps contain the chemical disulfiram, better known by its trade name, Antabuse. This happens to be a drug that has no effect on teetotalers but makes a man sick if he takes a drink. The four unhappy mushroom hunters found that a moderate dose was enough to teach a sharp lesson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toxicology: A Non-Drinking Man's Mushrooms | 4/9/1965 | See Source »

...anti-Black Muslim, anti-return-bout contracts and antinoise. It also controls what there is of boxing in 39 states (notable exceptions: California and New York). So last September it declared the heavyweight title vacant, and last week in Chicago it staged a new "world championship" fight between two harmless creatures named Ernie Terrell and Eddie Machen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prizefighting: For All the Cheese | 3/12/1965 | See Source »

...matched almost exactly the theoretical calculations done at Los Alamos. What Kiwi's flaming death proved was that if nuclear rockets are ever used in space, they will not need explosive charges to break them up after they are spent. They can be turned into small and relatively harmless particles by a signal commanding them to commit suicide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nuclear Energy: Destruction on Jackass Flats | 1/22/1965 | See Source »

...hand, he states that marijuana "isn't harmful, and there's no evidence to show it's even as addictful as cigarettes;" on the other hand he agrees with the attitude of the law enforcement agencies to do "Everything that can be done to discourage the use" of this harmless substance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Blaine and Marijuana | 1/21/1965 | See Source »

This bizarre collection of hard-selling creatures all work for-and owe their existence to-a rather harmless-looking fellow named George Lesch, Colgate's president. While not exactly a white knight, Lesch, 55, has certainly proved to be something of a whirling tornado at the U.S.'s second largest soap company (first: Procter & Gamble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: Mr. Hard Sell | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

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