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WASHINGTON: Sex and drugs are back together again: Here comes the erection pill. The FDA on Friday approved Pfizer Inc.'s Viagra, the first treatment for impotence that doesn't involve surgical implants, vacuum pumps, insertions or injections -- and apparently works quite well...
Unwound's stage presence symbolized this psychological isolation from peers as the trend du jour. Mop-headed, slackjawed, distant and sedated, Trosper and bassist Vern Rumsey slumped over themselves as they aimlessly strummed away in their emotional vacuum. Remaining unresponsive to their fans, the pair rarely deviated from a tired routine...
...across the country--who have left this debate to be determined by people like Ron Unz. The failure is that conservative voices are the only ones shaping the discourse on bilingual education in California and that no serious alternative plan has emerged from the liberal camp, leaving a vacuum where there should be thoughtful dialogue and a monolithic, conservative program where there should be interesting alternatives...
...controllers aboard them squinting at radar screens tracking friendly and enemy planes in all directions. They will also be receiving up-to-the-minute data on Iraqi positions on the ground from the Navy's ES-3A Shadow jet, hovering just south of the Iraqi border, which will electronically vacuum up radio transmissions from Saddam's forces. The Shadow squadron's motto: In God We Trust--All Others We Monitor...
Japanese reader Sachiko Himeno wrote to TIME describing how, in order to spare the environment, she lived in a machine-free world, washing her laundry by hand and doing without a TV, air conditioner, stereo and vacuum cleaner [LETTERS, Jan. 19]. By contrast, I am surrounded by the machines that help destroy our environment. But as a single parent living with a seven-year-old son in a one-room apartment, I find that appliances help me a lot. I am a nurse who works long hours. I don't have time to do my laundry by hand. I prepare...