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These willful misperceptions of Japan's belligerence fit all too well with the relish with which news casters and reporters convey the latest depressing statistics coming out of Japan. They have higher suicide rates; They smoke too much; They can't loosen up and have fun; They can't build houses because land is so expensive...
...even in the face of such evidence, any government move to loosen controls on marijuana would inevitably be slow. Although the Food and Drug Administration spends approximately $450 million a year to study drugs, it has as of yet conducted no studies on the benefits of marijuana...
...biggest threat of all to the organization was contained in the impending union treaty: it would loosen Moscow Center's control of KGB units in the republics and affect sensitive issues like security budgets. By last winter some of the KGB's top officers were in the forefront of a conservative backlash, spearheading a campaign against "economic sabotage" that singled out the developing free-market sector as a special target. Speaking before a secret session of the parliament in June, Kryuchkov lambasted Gorbachev's entire program as a product of the CIA's designs for "pacification and even occupation...
...much on average when they use a credit card. Supermarkets report an even bigger increase. Families trying to adopt more sensible spending habits will soon be fighting temptation at every turn. In fact, if the card companies prove adept in meeting their goals, they may persuade Americans to loosen up on their wallets and give new meaning to the term cashless society...
Predictions of a drought-induced economic disaster are being scaled back, and a few communities may loosen up their water restrictions. But state officials fear that the latest boon from the skies could deflate efforts to overhaul California's outmoded water pricing, distribution and conservation systems. They warn that rainfall and reservoirs still remain at half their normal yearly levels and that the state's five-year drought is not yet over...