Word: worker
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...common forms of self-medication among depressed teens. Weller estimates that about 30% of her teen patients have used pot or alcohol after a depressive episode, most of them at the urging of friends who said smoking and drinking would make them feel better. A high school social worker in Minnesota decided to look into the case of a troubled girl who was still a freshman at 17. The girl admitted she smoked pot as a constant habit but did not understand why she craved it so much. A psychological evaluation found the girl was suffering from clinical depression...
Finally I slipped into Salomon's TR8s ($330). They were so soft and comfortable I feared I would lose all sense of reason. So I had my co-worker Mac, a serious skater and tough critic, test them out too. "It feels like your foot is wrapped in a pillow," he said. After a couple of loops around the park, Mac decided that they felt a little "loosey-goosey" on the top of his foot. He also was worried that their flashy design would ruin his East Village hipster reputation. But my goose wasn't loose, and I like attention...
...HOME IS HIS OFFICE If you thought most people working at home were women with kids, you would be wrong. A recent Home Based Employment & Family Life study shows that men account for 59% of those whose office is at home. Typically, such a worker is a 44-year-old man in a field like sales or contracting...
...camp's summer maintenance worker, and was the only young man around for miles, Hellmiss-Peralta said...
...individuals could be liable: the gun seller whom police are investigating for selling a semiautomatic that may have been used in the killing; a pizza-parlor co-worker of Harris and Klebold who may have been the middleman in the gun sale; and Robyn Anderson, Klebold's prom date, who police say bought three guns used in the massacre. But probably none of them have enough money to justify the time and effort of a suit. The victims might turn to bigger culprits. Victims of the Jonesboro, Ark., school killings have sued gunmakers, and victims of the Paducah, Ky., shooting...