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...Harrison Pope, a Harvard psychiatrist who has studied supplements, is that it is hard to know exactly how many people use ephedra, which would tell doctors whether 1,500 is a significant portion. The ephedra industry says it is being unfairly targeted. "More than 16,000 deaths each year occur from the use of aspirin and similar drugs," says Wes Siegner, spokesman for a trade group called the Ephedra Education Council. "Yet no one proposes banning aspirin...
...doesn't make sense to stop the shuttle program. People don't quit traveling in airplanes, automobiles and trains when accidents occur. We learn from experience and make improvements. KAREN ANDERSON Sussex...
...there has been yet another "Year Of The Woman" in Hollywood films [MOVIES, Feb. 10]. This phenomenon seems to occur every three to five years, when a film with female characters becomes a hit even though it does not star Julia Roberts. Could it simply be that there were some exceptionally good movies that just happened to star women? Although Hollywood churns out bad but profitable films on a regular basis, American moviegoers will also spend their money on a decent product. It does not change cinema as we know it. DAVID BACLASKI North Ferrisburg...
...doctrine of preemption to the potential crisis of global warming, and hopefully other environmental problems. Just as we can never be sure whether Saddam will really use his weapons of mass destruction against America or our allies, we cannot know the ultimate consequences of global warming until dramatic changes occur in the environment. The Bush administration has put aside any real policy discussion of global warming until further studies indicate the exact economic cost of increased carbon emissions. Somebody should tell them that the cost will probably be closer to infinity than zero. Biosphere II cost $200 million and could...
...here? Will Rowdy Roddy Piper defeat Rick Flair in next week’s steel cage match? What are planets? Guest lecturers include “Mean” Gene Okerlund and Vince McMahon. Demonstrations, including a simulation of a figure-four leg lock on Mars, will occur frequently...