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...Here his emotional distance serves him well. At the Stanley internment camp, Tom says, "morale was surprisingly high, not least because when it dropped, people tended to die." Understatement is perhaps the only appropriate response in the face of brutal suffering. His deadpan style is as clean and potent as a rifle shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cold Harbor | 7/15/2002 | See Source »

...blow the mind"? Greenfield : Drugs interfere with the careful interplay of chemical and electrical impulses between cells, throwing out the balance of the brain either by causing too many chemicals to be released or by stopping the cells' chemical transmitters reaching the vital receptors. The reason marijuana is so potent is that it has its own receptor in the brain. The more you smoke, the less sensitive the receptor becomes. TIME: How is a person's behavior affected? Greenfield : Research shows that the drug leads to impaired memory and coordination. These effects may be long-term and irreversible. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dopey Idea | 7/14/2002 | See Source »

...committee members urged their neighbors to lobby the council to take the site from Harvard by “eminent domain”—a rarely-used but potent law that permits municipalities to take land and pay market rate...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Desirable, Impossible 02138 | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

...three Olympians—defenseman Angela Ruggiero ’02-’04 (U.S.) and forwards Jennifer Botterill ’02-’03 (Canada) and Julie Chu ’06 (USA)—plus a large recruiting class will improve an already potent squad...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Claims Fourth Straight Beanpot Title, Without Olympians | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

That inconsistency should vanish next year. With Ruggiero in to solidify the defense, Botterill and Chu adding to an already potent offense and Ruddock to return in goal, the only bleakness in the Crimson’s future may be the cold, Minnesota weather on their trip to the Frozen Four in Duluth next March...

Author: By David Weinfeld, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Claims Fourth Straight Beanpot Title, Without Olympians | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

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