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As academics go, psychiatrists are a lot like economists: their field is presented to the public as pure science, but there's a lot of shouting in the back office. Are drugs overused? Can treatment really work if it's involuntary? Is something like "delusional disorder" a brain disease or...
Performers who had provided voices for title characters in such Disney features as Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty sued Uncle Walt, claiming that Disney had not paid for the rights to include their performances in video adaptations of the films. Peggy Lee, who had provided songs and dialogue for the film...
When the men of the Corps of Discovery had arrived back in St. Louis in 1806, the residents "Huzzared three cheers." But they otherwise did not seem to know what to make of this crew or its achievement. Two nights later, they feted the captains at William Christy's inn...
After the corps returned, all the men received double pay and land grants from a grateful Congress--except, of course, York. He apparently thought that in lieu of all that, his pay might be...his freedom? Clark, who had settled in St. Louis, reacted badly. He allowed York to return...
At $18 a student per test, the price was manageable, and the district's administrators believed that random testing of even 10% of the student body each month was worth it. That is, until a parent, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union (A.C.L.U.), sued to have the testing stopped...