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Over the next few months, four drug companies will introduce similar versions of the transdermal nicotine patch, a palm-size circular envelope that, when applied to the upper arm or back every 24 hours, releases a steady stream of nicotine into the blood. A study in last week's Journal of the American Medical Association found that the patch, when administered with proper counseling, doubled the odds that smokers will successfully quit over a six-month period. "It's a major breakthrough in medicine by any measure. It could save thousands of lives," said Dr. Jack Henningfield, chief of clinical...
After 10 days of wrenching, confusing and graphic testimony, it took the six-member jury only 77 minutes to find William Kennedy Smith not guilty of raping a woman at his family's Palm Beach estate last Easter weekend. The swift decision raised questions about the prosecution's case, which boiled down to pitting the accuser's harrowing tale of being pinned to the ground and violated against Smith's equally vehement denials. Many prosecutors would have dropped the case as unwinnable. Why then did State Attorney David Bludworth and Moira Lasch, his chief felony attorney, decide to press ahead...
...unbelievably boring," says Evelyn Kusserow, a reporter for Germany's Stern magazine, as she sits in front of a TV in the offices of the Palm Beach Review watching public prosecutor Moira Lasch's performance. Minutes later, a camera crew from the German weekly Der Spiegel wanders in, ostensibly to film a roomful of American journalists watching the televised trial. Little do they know that one of the people they are filming is a fellow countrywoman. Thus the Germans from Der Spiegel have flown thousands of miles to cover the coverage of the trial, and end up with footage...
...cameras to utter the same phrases as their 200 peers. Those who are covering the media circus spend their time interviewing other journalists: reporters from the Miami Herald grill reporters from France-Soir, while reporters from Italy's La Repubblica patiently answer questions posed by reporters from the Palm Beach Post...
...Pepsis and Campari-and-seltzers at the event. The cameraman zeroes in on the bartender as he mixes a drink and passes it to a thirsty reporter. Lights, camera, action. The cameraman works for the program Now It Can Be Told. Now it can be told that bartenders in Palm Beach mix + Campari-and-seltzers for journalists from out of town? Why couldn't it be told before...