Word: mouthwash
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...feet after he has symbolically thrust a stake through a skinned rabbit, the comedy is dissipated. Using the graceful closeups which distinguish her style, Wertmuller evokes the intensity and eroticism of a great love affair so subtly and effectively as to make Last Tango in Paris seem like a mouthwash commercial. The subjective gaze of the camera and the expressive interaction of the actors combine to compel the audience to identify strongly with the characters, men with Gennarino and women with Raffaella. In fact, the emotional force of the relationship juxtaposed with the tranquil natural beauty of the island...
...herb fanciers are rediscovering ancient health cures. Genine Kepnis, manager of the Organic Food Cellar in Cambridge, Mass., says that one salubrious seller is goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis, which is used as a cure-all for complaints ranging from sore throats to poison ivy. "It even makes a good mouthwash," says Kepnis. "Herbs have become so popular," she notes, "that they are replacing both drugs and supermarket brand-name spices...
...Chairman Lewis Engman, though, "it is a curious set of values that says that the consumer may be given full information about discretionary purchases such as deodorants and mouthwash but cannot be given information that will help him save money on . . . drugs that a doctor has prescribed as essential to his good health." The FTC's proposed rules would override all state laws forbidding drug-price ads and make it a crime punishable by a $10,000 fine for any person or association to hinder disclosure of drug prices...
...with fruit juice (to make injection difficult if the drug is stolen) and administered under the eyes of doctors or nurses. In practice, carelessness or corruption permits a few patients to hold the juice in their mouths until they can spit it into plastic bags and sell it as "mouthwash methadone." Some unethical doctors are selling the drug to nonaddicts or prescribing unneeded amounts to real heroin users; many addicts are getting extra supplies by enrolling at more than one treatment center. In clinics where vigilance is slack or rehabilitation services inadequate, take-home privileges may be too quickly granted...
...Mouthwash. Worst of all, black-market methadone is said to have caused hundreds of deaths last year. Figures can be misleading; they often include deaths resulting from heroin or other causes when a trace of methadone is found in the victim's body. Nevertheless, the death totals are rising...