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...August Erin began taking Luvox for her obsessive-compulsive disorder, and in early October she started on Adderall, a combination of various stimulants. "For 4 1/2 weeks, we've seen heaven on earth," says Tim. "We have a semblance of family life." They spent a day recently at a church festival. "There were a lot of people there," Charlene says. "Normally that would produce a lot of anxiety for someone who has ADHD. But Erin had a great time." She can play games longer, take car trips, do homework. "I have a child I can relate to who is hearing...
Sometimes a society makes a tectonic shift, some great half-conscious collective decision. That happened with smoking, which was once, remember, a glamorous ritual of romance and adulthood. (Watch Casablanca and count the cigarettes.) It may be happening now with hunting. In 1997, the various states issued 14.9 million hunting licenses. Ten years earlier, the number was 15.8 million--not a dramatic change, but a trend. The average American hunter is white, male and 42 years old. Young people who once would have gone hunting naturally and casually in nearby fields and forests (as Glenn Shepard does) instead play soccer...
...anything, Dean Epps' long and fruitful tenure as Dean of Students indicates that the need for a visible central administrator who acts on the students' behalf is more necessary now than it was before he took over--not the opposite, which is the implication of delegating Epps' duties to various other deans...
...protesters who forced out Suharto in May--thus prompting wild visions of civil war. On Saturday, as thousands of protesters headed for the Assembly building, at least 80 uniformed marines marched with them. Rumors that the military had turned upon itself proved premature, but uncertainty about the loyalties of various factions remained...
Whether they seek to brighten their moods, stave off disease, rev up their sex lives or retain their youth, more and more Americans are supplementing and replacing prescription medicines with a profusion of pills and potions that contain various medicinal herbs, vitamins and minerals. Some are proved safe and effective; many are not. Consumers spent more than $12 billion on natural supplements last year--nearly double the amount spent in 1994, and sales continue to grow at better than 10% a year. Shoppers can stock up not only at incense-scented tofu-and-sprouts shops but also at corner pharmacies...