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Inevitably, perhaps, these determined efforts to reverse a serious problem have upset some workers and sparked lawsuits and other actions. Many workers who fail drug tests insist that an error has been made, arguing that careers can be ruined over such a mistake. Others object because the tests detect traces of drugs lingering in the body that may have no effect on job performance. According to Dr. Reynold Schmidt, corporate medical director for Unocal, regular users of marijuana, for instance, can test positive in some urinalysis screenings three months or more after their last smoke...
Video gamers expressed excitement about Microsoft's Xbox 360 system, but some parents were upset by the unsavory imagery in many games and the way gaming is encroaching on children's lives...
...since 1989, when Allan Border arrived in England determined to bury his team's reputation as amiable pushovers. Captain Grumpy banned wives and girlfriends from making the trip and dodged any socializing with the opposition. During a match early in the tour, England batsman Robin Smith, suffering a stomach upset, asked Border whether it might be alright if a teammate brought Smith a glass of water. "What do you think this is, mate?" the captain snarled. "A f___ing garden party...
...support. Posters still hang in shop windows on Athlone's main street, showing a three-year-old photograph of Prime Minister Bertie Ahern embracing the women at an election rally, alongside the plea, bring them back. The families are living in a slum in Lagos, and are often too upset to speak on the phone, people in Athlone say. "We're not going to give in on this," says Frank Young, a retired farmer who met Odunsi and Nwanze when they were students in a class taught by his wife. Young says his antideportations group, Athlone Families Together, is prepared...
...seniors wanted to make their last shots count, and in front of a packed Murr Center, Harvard eked out a 5-4 upset of the Bantams...