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...going ahead, I decided to invest $60 and visit an elderly Chinese acupuncturist recommended by a decidedly non-New Age investment banker in New York City. I do not like needles, but I like surgery even less; as it turned out, the worst of the experience was feeling a mild electric tingling. Forty minutes later, I gingerly tried the knee to discover that the pain and most of the swelling had vanished. As I threw away my crutches, Sally Dan admonished me to avoid alcohol and sex for 24 hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Excellent Alternative Adventure | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

...BEEN TRANSFORMED from a polite, mild-mannered teenager into a cold-blooded, sadistic murderer. It's brutal, I know, but after a while, one gets accustomed to playing God with the lives of these creatures. I think it's having an adverse effect...

Author: By Jonathan A. Bresman, | Title: A Delicate Ecosystem | 10/22/1991 | See Source »

...September appearance before the judiciary committee, Thomas himself was a disaster. Prepped by White House handlers to avoid anything that smacked of controversy, however mild, Thomas repeatedly invoked the compelling tale of his rags-to-fame life. On everything else, he was an empty vessel. For all that he revealed about his legal philosophy, he may as well have been wearing a bag over his head. When pressed on matters of moment, he backed away from most every opinion he had ever expressed. Incredibly, he told Senators with a straight face that he had "no opinion" on Roe v. Wade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest Shame on Them All | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

...Overall, there is little or no empirical evidence to date to support either NLP assumptions or NLP effectiveness," continues Swets. "After 10 years of informal research, there is little scientific support for even the mild claims of two-to threefold improvements...

Author: By Michael K. Mayo, | Title: Visconti 2000 offers Brainy Cantabridgians Mind Over Matter | 10/19/1991 | See Source »

Although the cuts have a potentially severe impact upon Cambridge, Duehay noted that his constituents have expressed only mild concern. He explained, "Most do not truly understand it the situation...

Author: By Erick P. Chan, | Title: Cambridge May Lose Funding | 10/18/1991 | See Source »

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