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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spring term fellows arrived at the Institute of Politics of the Kennedy School of Government yesterday to begin four months of leading student study groups, studying and writing...
...effects on the heart and the lungs. Marijuana accelerates the rate at which the heart contracts and may temporarily weaken the strength of the contractions, making it potentially dangerous for people with certain cardiac conditions. Smoking pot irritates the lungs and throat and can result in "joint cough." Long-term use may impair the lungs. Other tentative findings...
Endocrine Function. Levels of testosterone, the male sex hormone, have been reported to drop with long-term pot intake. While the levels remained within normal range, the drop might reduce potency and fertility...
Prolonged or long-term effects of marijuana use are an area of much dispute. There have been reports of psychotic reactions, personality change, impaired learning ability and development of a chronic lethargy. By no means all doctors are convinced, however, that marijuana is the real cause of these reactions...
...represented a group of dissident shareholders in the United Industrial Corp. proxy fight. It was a draw. As Lipton recalls, "Joe got four seats on the board and we got four seats." Their first big tender fight was the $84 million Colt (Flom) takeover of Garlock (Lipton) where the term "Saturday Night Special" was coined to describe Colt's lightning raid. It is impossible to estimate which lawyer has a better winning record because even when one loses he usually gains some advantages-in price or terms-for his client...