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...marijuana outright, the I.O.C. could not legally strip Rebagliati of his medal. I.O.C. medical guidelines, which ban everything from cocaine to some cold remedies, qualify marijuana as "restricted" and a substance to be used "cautiously," while I.S.F. rules name pot as a prohibited drug. Said the panel: "We cannot invent prohibitions or sanctions where none appear...
...contract bonanza lore like a gold rush than a session with a therapist. There is so much money out there, you simply have to take advantage of the market. The Observer piece reads like a challenge to our yankee ingenuity. In the old days we would have had to invent some new spindle for the textile factories of Lowell, Mass. Nowadays, we just have to spin a good yarn, go hunting in the archives of one of the old city libraries and boom, we're in the money...
...trying to invent media," he says. "Instead, we hope to help sectors where quality information is important, where time is money , like analysis for businesses...
...have had several clients who were tempted to stretch the truth in order to get a better deal. In at least one case, a client tried to invent an elaborate story against a public official in exchange for his freedom. Fortunately, when pressed by his lawyers, he admitted that the story was false and that he made it up because it was the only way he would save himself from imprisonment...
...Blondie, now in the second year of his 13-year sentence? He remains a stranger to remorse: "We didn't invent the system, or the ways to scam it to do the job. We inherited it. We were its custodians. Now others...