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...Though clearly milder and less harmful than nicotine, alcohol or heroin, caffeine fits the criteria for addictive substances described by the American Psychiatric Association -- according to a limited study of coffee cravers. Caffeine produces psychological and physical dependence, including withdrawal symptoms such as headaches, depression and fatigue...
...Capitol Hill to shore up support for Senate majority leader George Mitchell's bill, centrist Senators announced plans to introduce a stripped-down, bipartisan bill that would not increase taxes or require that employers pay for workers' insurance. Just yesterday a group of House members introduced an even milder bill that would leave 26 million people uninsured. TIME Washington correspondent Dick Thompson says few players in Washington have any clue what might happen in the swirl. But he says the embattled Mitchell may force an early vote on employer mandates, as soon as tomorrow...
...Blacks, deciding to live primarily with members of their own ethnic or racial group is visible today on may college campuses, in various forms and degrees of seriousness. In one of the more extreme examples, Cornell University has dorms exclusively for individual minority groups. Harvard has its own, much milder version of self-segregation: eighty percent of Black students here live in the three Quad houses...
...estimated 600 local antismoking ordinances have been enacted, the tobacco industry is trying a pre-emptive strike. According to antismoking activists in the state, cigarette companies are behind a "citizens' group" supporting an initiative that would institute statewide restrictions against smoking. The catch is that the measure is milder than the many local ordinances it would override...
...Security Council, the U.S. pressed for a tough resolution that would include a threat of "further action if necessary" (i.e., sanctions) should North Korea continue to block international inspection of its nuclear sites. But China insisted on a milder statement urging compliance. "We don't think that the council should act in a threatening way," said Beijing's Deputy U.N. Ambassador Chen Jian. But North Korea repudiated the kinder, gentler statement anyway...