Word: pill
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Instead of saving money by raising fares--which Pedro called "a bitter pill the riders wouldn't be ready to swallow"--or cutting back on service, the MBTA decided to privatize, a move which it estimates will save $27 million annually...
...Medical Rights, which sponsors the proposition. Many patients say pot eases the nausea of chemotherapy. It may also stimulate the appetite to counter the wasting effects of AIDS and reduce eye pressure caused by glaucoma. As a substitute the Food and Drug Administration has approved Marinol, a synthetic pill version of THC, marijuana's psychoactive ingredient. But patients often report it doesn't alleviate nausea. Daly tried it without success before turning to pot. "If it had worked for me, I wouldn't be doing this," she says...
What will be next? a pill that will enable us to take 20 years off our age? LINH-DA RONNING Hacienda Heights, California...
...DIET-PILL MANIA...
Last week was probably a net loss for pro-life activists, despite the House override of the abortion-bill veto. A day before the House vote, the Food and Drug Administration gave the so-called abortion pill, RU-486, all but final approval. As long as it is labeled and manufactured to meet agency standards, this new and easier way to terminate pregnancies could be on the market by the middle of next year...