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...Freak," released in 1978, encompasses everything that the disco connoisseur desires in a song. Right after a groovin' scream in the intro, the base settles into a panacea of flashing lights and disco balls. Even the squarest lounge lizard can't help but do the freak...

Author: By Marios V. Broustas, | Title: Disco Fever: It will survive | 10/14/1993 | See Source »

...strictly limited and still not completely understood. Preliminary studies suggest that when taken in conjunction with a moderate diet, it can reduce fat uptake in seriously overweight patients up to 270 calories a day -- the equivalent of about one scoop of Haagen-Dazs. The drug is not a panacea. Nor is it anything anybody should consider swallowing just to look better in a bikini...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cake Eater's Dream? | 7/26/1993 | See Source »

...control is not the panacea its advocates claim it to be. The Justice Department has found that 93 percent of gun-using criminals already obtain their guns through illegal means. Also, waiting periods have proven ineffective at stemming crime. From 1952 to 1974, California had a lower murder rate than the rest of the country. A 15-day waiting period on handgun purchases was enacted in 1975, and from 1975 to 1990, California had a higher murder rate than the rest of the country. Meanwhile, tough gun control laws in New York City and Washington, D.C. have done little...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gun Control Editorial Finally Gets it Right | 4/28/1993 | See Source »

Rosenthal and other doctors at UHS pitch primary care as a panacea for nearly all of UHS's problems. In a primary care system, patients are matched with physicians who see them as often as scheduling allows and can either treat patients themselves or send them to the appropriate specialist...

Author: By Elie G. Kaunfer and Joe Mathews, S | Title: UHS: Doing More, With Less | 4/21/1993 | See Source »

...Harvard will have to have better team efforts in the future. Tonight they're in Princeton, and will need to find a quick panacea to the road trip woes. PENNSYLVANIA, 80-77 at the Palestra Pennsylvania 31 49 -- 80 Harvard...

Author: By John C. Ausiello, | Title: Road Woes for W. Hoopsters | 2/20/1993 | See Source »

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