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...staff is foolish to believe that expunging final clubs would help control the illicit activities alleged in the report. These problems are endemic to universities everywhere...
...each incident has an Iranian connection, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Vice Admiral Thomas Fargo, commander of the U.S. 5th Fleet, told AP that the incidents, combined with the smugglers' use of Iranian waters, indicate that the Iraqi oil ring is "centrally controlled within Iran." Iraq must sell the illicit oil on the cheap, but it desperately needs the infusion of cash, while Iran reaps large profits from the oil upon resale. The shipments fall outside the limited Iraqi oil sales approved by the United Nations to raise cash for food and medicine, and have actually increased in scale...
Long relegated to the ranks of sybaritic pleasure or illicit sex, massage is emerging as a form of body maintenance. Americans spend $24 billion a year to cure back pain. GABR masseurs are licensed and receive company training to standardize treatment. A 10-min. back rub costs $14.95, a 45-min. version $49.95. Says Mary Trudel, 43, who works in a Manhattan public relations firm: "I eat lunch at my desk and come in here for a treat. After a 10-min. rub, I feel relaxed and rejuvenated...
...actually came to a somewhat different conclusion. Although I will certainly look both ways before hanging posters up in illegal areas, there is something much more serious at stake in this tale. While the Science Center gates--and my friend--were being scrupulously observed in case of some illicit activity, people are being held up in front of Lamont library and attacked in the Cambridge Common in the middle of the day. Although I see nothing inherently wrong with the police officers enforcing Harvard's policy about proper decorum for postering, it appears as though guarding Harvard's bricks...
Trust me, nothing jolts a parent's nervous system more than the thought that his or her child may be using illicit drugs. Even when suspicious, parents are often afraid to ask. Will we alienate our children by accusing them falsely? Yet if we don't speak to them, how will they know that we are beside them if they need our help...