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...They’ve just heard from a lot of respectable people who say it would be chaotic,” Frank said about gay marriage. He said that gay and lesbian individuals, “have managed to validate something long proven??that women want to get married much more than men do”—referring to the fact that the vast majority of same-sex marriages are between women. “Left to themselves, heterosexuals could never prove this,” he said as the crowd erupted in laughter.Frank also wondered...

Author: By Cyrus M. Mossavar-rahmani, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Frank Lambastes Republican Views | 12/2/2005 | See Source »

...meaning it has no acceptable medicinal uses and represents a high risk of abuse. However, in preparing this report the government glossed over contradictory studies and even caveats in the articles that they did cite. For example, in arguing that marijuana is dangerous because of a “proven?? potential for abuse in humans, the report discounts numerous self-medication studies of animals that do not indicate a potential for abuse. The report also fails to acknowledge the problems inherent in conducting controlled research on humans who use marijuana, such as the tendency of street marijuana...

Author: By Brian J. Rosenberg, | Title: The Medical Marijuana Mystery | 12/9/2004 | See Source »

...those flocked plastic top hats you can buy at party supply stores. The tables were spread with white cloths anchored by vases of roses, and the little paper cards taped to the sneeze guard announced entrée names riddled with cedillas: Chicken Français! Tomato Proven??al! Harvard University Dining Services rarely affects this level of sophistication when juniors’ parents aren’t in attendance; clearly, something was afoot...

Author: By Phoebe Kosman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Red Carpet Treatment | 3/19/2003 | See Source »

...found in foreign places or past times, the emotional clarity and insight into our nature that we gain from literature, music and art—these aid us in understanding our condition and in discerning our purposes. The claim of liberal education—persuasive, though by no means proven??is that there is something vitally important to life that a book (yes, even a sourcebook) can provide...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Enter To Grow in Wisdom’ | 10/9/2001 | See Source »

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