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...property consultants. He estimates prices could drop by another 5-10%, absent outside interference. Brooke points to a similar, and ineffective, halt to government land sales in 1998 as evidence that the new policy is misguided. Indeed, past attempts to micro-manage the market seem to have done more harm than good. In 1997, Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa embarked on a 10-year plan designed to increase home ownership in Hong Kong. But the subsidized housing scheme ran straight into the teeth of an economic recession, causing home prices to fall more steeply...
...Marijuana may directly affect the immune system, since one of the body's two known receptors for cannabinoids is located in immune cells. But the nature of the effect is unclear. A recent study showed that THC inhibits production of immune-stimulating substances. But cigarette smokers may do greater harm to their immunity than pot users, who tend to smoke less. A study published earlier this year found that tobacco smokers but not marijuana smokers had high levels of a type of enzyme believed to inflame the lungs. Dr. Donald Abrams, professor of clinical medicine at the University of California...
...order a cheeseburger. "And I'll take some of those waffle fries too," he says with a raised eyebrow to the counterman. Earlier, Seinfeld had said that "the danger for a successful comedian is to get a nice mansion in a gated community. You have to put yourself in harm's way, as I do." The counterman hands Seinfeld his burger. "Can I get a pickle with that?" he asks pleasantly...
...attacked Rockefeller for helping to block President Bush’s judicial nominees and supporting environmental measures that Wolfe argues would harm the state’s coal industry...
...office helps people develop options to deal with their problems in a confidential manner. A visitor’s wish about which option to choose is respected except in extreme circumstances when there is imminent risk of serious harm and there seem to be no alternatives other than the ombudsperson taking some action. How the office functions is made explicit at the on-set of every meeting with a thorough explanation about what the office can and cannot do. The majority of my more than 600 visitors last year chose the option of dealing directly with the parties involved with...