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...likely to abuse psychotherapeutic drugs such as Valium. They are also more likely to have used inhalants--such as air freshener, glue, paint or cooking spray--in the past month. A total of 6.2 million American girls and women have risked brain damage and death by "huffing" these common household products to get high...
...baby doesn’t care what your GPA is, who you know or what your yearly household income is. When you’ve fallen for a newborn the love is easy and unconditional and always reciprocated. Your baby isn’t going to leave you and she won’t care if you spend another summer waitressing on Cape. I know that the last thing I actually need right now is the immense responsibility of raising a child. But the thought of escaping from the fast track to the real world is so appealing...
...multimillion-dollar acquisition that will throw the spotlight once again on the 45-year-old Kentuckian and the company he named after his grandma's tobacco farm. Ripplewood Holdings might be little known in the U.S., but the private-equity firm, based in New York City, is virtually a household name in Japan, thanks to a $2.5 billion shopping spree in which it has grabbed national jewels, including a bank, a golf resort and a record label. The current deal may or may not involve KDDI, the Japanese phone giant Ripplewood is reportedly negotiating with for purchase of its wireless...
Fresh evidence of this came last week when, as European Union officials excoriated the U.S., the French government balked at opening its household electricity market to foreign competition. French officials in Brussels cited the recent California energy crisis and the Enron scandal as evidence of the perils of opening up the sector to privatization. Strange then that the French national electricity company EDF, flush with cash from its virtual domestic monopoly, has been snapping up energy utilities in countries where the market has already been opened...
...Some suggest the rebels' new audacity stems in part from the assassination of King Birendra and eight other members of the royal household by his son, Crown Prince Dipendra on June 1. The late King did not use the army against the insurgents, leading to speculation that he had reached an unofficial understanding with the rebels, which ended with his death. Others claim that with the Maoists' political leaders abroad, military commanders have gained the upper hand. "The guerrilla wing has become stronger and the political wing has become weaker," says Yubaraj Ghimire, editor-in-chief of the Nepali-language...