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...kids can discreetly get their condoms at school, but Mom and Dad must slink off to the doctor's office and pay for permission to attempt to quit smoking with nicotine patches. And that's not all. Even with a prescription, smokers in many states have an easier time purchasing a semiautomatic AK-47 assault rifle -- totally legal, no waiting period -- than certain nicotine patches. The catch? Unlike guns, not only are patches highly regulated, but get this, the two leading brands are being tightly rationed in many areas. For nicotine devotees, walking a mere mile for a Camel seems...
Thomas' father Kerby (a former minister for the Church of the Brethren who quit to become a gardener) and mother Linda (a hospital unit secretary who grew up on an Ohio pig farm) are white. His brother and sister are Black. His other brother is Iranian. And in 1980--about the same time Mount St. Helens erupted, Thomas says with a grin--Kerby ran away with a gay lover. Today, Kerby and Linda are best friends, living a few blocks apart in Portland, Ore. Every now and then, they tell their story on a TV talk show...
Johnson also said the department refused torehire him in 1988 after he quit to apply for apost in MIT police department. Rodney Johnson saidChief Johnson had promised him a job when hereturned...
...level of the commitment by the administration her is quit extraordinary," says Rotch Professor of Atmospheric Science Michael b. McElroy, who chairs the University-wide committee on Environmental Studies authorized in March by President Neil L. Rudenstine...
Equally important, antimilitary forces found an inspirational leader in Chamlong Srimuang, a former general who quit the army in 1986 to run for governor of Bangkok. A Buddhist ascetic, he was re-elected in 1990 and ran a notably clean and democratic administration. He put together a civilian coalition that scored heavily in parliamentary elections in March...