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...kids can discreetly get their condoms at school, but Mom and Dad must slink off to the doctor's office and pay for permission to attempt to quit smoking with nicotine patches. And that's not all. Even with a prescription, smokers in many states have an easier time purchasing a semiautomatic AK-47 assault rifle -- totally legal, no waiting period -- than certain nicotine patches. The catch? Unlike guns, not only are patches highly regulated, but get this, the two leading brands are being tightly rationed in many areas. For nicotine devotees, walking a mere mile for a Camel seems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kicking The Habit | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

...city's two new agencies, CBDC and CIDFA, are intended to help both "Mom and Pop" businesses and growing corporations...

Author: By Yin Y. Nawaday, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Business | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

...board found that she treated Lozano using unconventional methods, such as aiding his belief that she was his "mom," and writing "explicit fantasies that may have related...

Author: By Robin Kolodny, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Doctor Blamed for Patient Suicide | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

...mom's been giving me the hard sell. When I called the other day, she wanted to know how the Crimson Commencement issues were coming along...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Hotel Nebraska | 6/3/1992 | See Source »

Among other things, being a Murphy Mom means having postponed childbirth until your salary has reached the upper brackets and you have sufficient disposable income to employ a full-time muralist and buy enough Scandinavian furniture to induce existential dread. But even at the upper end, where the career track is fast and the dress code is for success, there can come the nagging feeling that this might not be all there is. By then, of course, the flexibility to tolerate a big lug leaving his dirty socks on the floor and the luxury of having time to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Quayle Has Half a Point | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

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