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...Soft drugs traditionally don't raise too many eyebrows in India - a vast swath of the population, from government ministers to saffron-clad Hindu holy men, occasionally consume bhang, a potent and popular cannabis tincture. But India's wealthy have hitherto frowned upon hard drugs, looking upon them as the purvey of the country's poor. For years, India has grappled with "brown sugar" -low-grade heroin produced locally or imported from Afghanistan or Burma - that has left a trail of overdoses and HIV infections in its wake...
...given by squeezing a little out - like a half-inch long squeeze of toothpaste - onto a piece of paper or plastic and sticking it onto the patient's skin. Patients usually can do this for themselves - that's why it was left at his bedside. Nitropaste is pretty potent, too; a smear of it the size of a quarter can bring down blood pressure enough to cause a headache...
...Houghton said in a statement after Summers stepped down.But at the Feb. 7 meeting, Summers’ response elicited murmurs from the gathered professors.Summers’ allies assailed McClintick’s article. Glimp Professor of Economics Edward L. Glaeser called the article “a potent piece of hate creation.” And the University’s general counsel, Robert W. Iuliano ’83, wrote to Institutional Investor editors protesting the story’s portrayal of Summers.But those protests did not soften the blow that McClintick’s article dealt...
...championship formula was elaborated in 2005: a potent lineup, deep pitching, speed on the basepaths, and an Ivy League championship.And through the regular season, the Harvard baseball team replicated the prescription, emerging from the hyper-competitive Red Rolfe Division with a 14-6 record in Ancient Eight play and earning home-field advantage over Lou Gehrig winner Princeton for the all-important Ivy Championship Series. Yet the feisty Tigers dashed the Crimson’s hopes of a repeat appearance in the NCAA Tournament, capturing a stunning doubleheader sweep at O’Donnell Field with unsuspenseful...
Their caipirinhas are as potent as their soccer stars, and their beer is so beloved that they hold annual competitions to decide which is the coldest, frothiest and tastiest. But while partying is second nature to Brazilians, the mornings after can be rougher than most. Some 17% of all men suffer from alcohol-related problems or dependence, and more than one in ten of all deaths in Brazil are alcohol-related - which is two and a half times the world average, according to the Brazilian Psychiatric Association...