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...staunch supporter of the recently developed philosophy of New Federalism, Edwards believes states and local governments should pick up some of the tab for the social programs Americans desire...
...their therapists. In a sense, says Langs, the patient and therapist switch roles, with the patient taking on the responsibility of dealing with the therapist's problems. One patient, for example, dreamed that he took his therapist to a restaurant and was not sure who should pick up the tab. "Dreams of this kind are common when patients respond therapeutically to therapist-madness," Langs writes. "The patient wonders whether he should not receive the fee . . ." In another case that Langs studied, the patient of a corrupt psychotherapist improved for a time and married successfully, apparently in an unconscious attempt...
...were attracting what advertisers call a quality audience. Mad. Ave. ad mavens were discovering that a rule long applied to magazines--that 1,000 New Yorker readers are more valuable than 1,000 National Enquirer readers--made sense in prime time as well. Says Tartikoff: "When you pull a tab on the St. Elsewhere audience, you find that many of them don't watch any other entertainment show on network TV. They're well-educated, well-paid people whom certain advertisers are eager to reach because they can't be reached in these numbers anywhere else...
...MARTY'S JOURNEY back in history leaves ample time for the usual assortment of anachronism jokes. While visiting his dad's malt shop, Marty asks for a Tab. When the counterman replies that he can't give him a tab until he orders something, Marty asks for a Pepsi Free. The counterman, now somewhat exasperated, tells him that there is no way he can have a Pepsi, free...
...acted because tens of thousands of tab- lets and capsules of MDMA are being sold on the street each month, at $8 to $20 for a 100-mg dose. The drug, which seems particularly popular with college students and young professionals, has spread from California, Texas and Florida to about 20 other states, and its use has been accelerating in the past few months. Said John Lawn, acting DEA administrator: "All of the evidence DEA has received shows that MDMA abuse has become a nationwide problem and that it poses a serious health threat...