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...Finally, on the left, some advocates contend that legalization would remove a severe threat to individual freedom that is posed by widespread drug searches, demands for wholesale testing and the pending use of the military to enforce drug laws. If the sale of narcotics is permitted, says Harvard Psychiatrist Lester Grinspoon, "there won't be the tremendous encroachment on our civil liberties. Are we willing to sacrifice our freedom for the small increase in the number of people who may use the drugs under a legalized system...
...buildup has been highly stimulative. Ordinarily, a deficit so large might lead to a steep rise in interest rates that would crimp the economy. But foreign investors and central banks have bought record amounts of U.S. securities, thus helping finance the deficit and keep interest rates under control. Explains Lester Thurow, dean of the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T.: "As long as the Government has the pedal to the metal and as long as foreigners are willing to supply the gas, the expansion will continue. It could last a long time...
...board was ready to approve it, but some legal issues had to be cleared up in regard to parking," said Lester W. Barber, director of land use and zoning for Cambridge Community Development. "Overall, the prognosis for the proposal is good for the next meeting [on March...
...response of outspoken spectators, reaction to last week's verdict was restrained, almost relieved, because the black community had feared that the defendants would, like Goetz, be acquitted of all major charges. As it turned out, however, three youths face up to 15 years in prison for manslaughter: Jon Lester, 18, Scott Kern, 18, and Jason Ladone, 17. Many of those involved in the trial felt that at least a measure of justice had been meted out. Said Jean Griffith: "God, in the end, did what was right...
There are two funny cameos--Oprah Winfrey plays herself and Rob Reiner plays Larry's fast-talking agent Joel. Saxophonist Branford Marsalis, making his movie debut as Larry's friend Lester, has a charming screen presence during his regrettably few screen minutes...