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...reservation, two women confront each other across a weed-choked yard. Bullcreek's run-down house is surrounded by old tires and broken furniture. "It would be nice to live comfortably," she says. "But we want to maintain our heritage--not be a dumping ground for the domineering society." In contrast, Lori Skiby, 44, the Goshutes' vice chairwoman, has built a $100,000 house thanks to utility-funded tribal loans. "Traditional values don't put a roof over your head," she counters. Both say they want the same thing: for their children and grandchildren to live a good, safe life...
...even this somewhat selective approach does not weed out party crashers. “Then there’s the random assortment of underclassmen no one is really quite sure of, who just hear there’s a party in the Ten Man,” Regan writes...
...says, “I wouldn’t mind being a washed up popstar, working behind the camera, controlling the next generation of the music industry.” Up next for Shields is a Making The Band-esque reality show called Fourplay in which he will weed out hopeful Harvard auditioners seeking to join him in a dance pop “Abba-style” band. “Harvard needs a little more bubblegum-pop fun,” he says. Shields says his celebrity didn’t affect his transition to college life...
...We’ll continue to revise our menu and add as many new and healthy foods as we can and weed out anything that is left unhealthy,” he said. “We’re at a pretty good place now, but I think there’s always room for improvement...
MARIJUANA The so-called demon weed turned out to be a lot less devilish than advertised. The popular image of the goofy, smoky slacker notwithstanding, a 2003 study in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society found that even among regular users, there is no proof that pot causes irreversible cognitive damage. Memory does get cloudy, and learning new information does get harder, but those effects fade if the user does kick the habit. The drug may also diminish libido and fertility. (So much for its promised free-love properties.) And as with any intoxicating chemical, pot use can become...