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...never felt as important as I did after reading "Facing the Scars of Final Clubs" by David Friedland (Opinion, Nov. 13). Apparently, in between going to class, writing my thesis and tempting "trim" with trips to the Caribbean, my final club cronies and I have had the time to "poison the nation," topple the White House and undo the very fabric of society...
...Make sure what you're taking is pure. Last May the FDA verified industry reports that certain shipments of ginseng were contaminated with high levels of a fungicide. Elaine Kang-Yum, a pharmacist at the Hudson Valley Poison Control Center in Tarrytown, N.Y., who tracks herbal medicines, says some imported Chinese remedies have been doped with Valium or other prescription drugs...
Arsenic, the poison of choice in murder mysteries, may have a kinder, gentler role: treating cancer. A pilot study shows that when arsenic is given in low doses to patients with a rare form of leukemia known as APL, nearly all go into remission. The treatment has fewer side effects than conventional chemotherapy...
...Harvard community is infected by final clubs. In turn, the clubs do their part to poison our nation. That contribution may well be small, but it is still a harmful one. We all want to have fun, but fun unfortunately has a price. The final club dynamic is unacceptable, yet it has become a social norm. If we do nothing, if members never speak out against their policies and we still flock to their doors, the clubs will continue to feed an increasingly unvirtuous society...
...official accusation of wrongdoing. Starr is merely offering documents that suggest Clinton may have committed (you guessed it) perjury when asked about his relationship with Willey. And right now, that's the last thing the GOP needs. "Republicans on the Hill look on the Willey charges as a poison chalice," says TIME congressional correspondent Jay Branegan. "There's a strong desire to get impeachment over with quickly -? yet if they look like they're not considering it carefully, it hurts them with the core supporters...