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Because drug use by workers can result in shoddy, unsafe products and accidents in the workplace, executives argue, individual rights must be subordinated to the broader welfare of fellow employees and customers. "We're not on a witch hunt," says Personnel Manager John Hunt of Southern California Edison. "Our No. 1 concern here is safety. We also have a responsibility to our customers. Our meter readers go into people's homes." Independent experts share the executives' concerns. Says Peter Bensinger, a former head of the Drug Enforcement Administration who is now a leading consultant on corporate drug problems: "Companies...
...leader of NASA from 1971 to 1977 and a physicist who headed a commission that urged Ronald Reagan to develop a Star Wars defense against missiles. The mild-mannered Fletcher comes to the post with one handicap: he has accused the Rogers commission of being engaged in a "witch-hunt...
...rest of the plot parallels Shakespeare's original, but never very closely. Macbett meets the witches while hitchhiking in a storm, and the self-professed personification of faithfulness has to be literally forced into committing Duncan's murder. The witches are quite good; the female portion of the cast (Rebecca Menes, Daniele Schecter, and Sarah Halper) is much more capable than the male. Schecter plays a delightfully sleazy general with leather skirt and riding crop, and ably changes gears to play a maid in the second half. Menes, as Lady Duncan-cum-witch, slinks gracefully around the stage, an able...
Roland Reynolds, outgoing editor of the Review, said he is "glad that the president recognized the gross unfairness of the first hearing. But I hope this second hearing won't be used as a sort of witch hunt...
...sometimes the narcotics experimenting can result in some peculiar side effects for some participants. "The tests so far seem to be conducted in a mature, business-like fashion by responsible, competent people, not witch doctors," says another paid subject. "When I lost my memory and couldn't remember what I ate for dinner, they were more interested than anything else. But they had warned us before about possible side effects. Still, I was more out of control than I have ever been...