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...Marijuana does not produce physical addiction, but it does produce significant dependence, to a serious degree." Wow. Even if the prose weren't so bad this would be an objectionable sentence. For one thing, it's untrue. Marijuana no more "produces" dependence that driving fast does; people may get hung up or stung on either, but the chemical or car can hardly be blamed, certainly not in the sense that heroin or alcohol can. Marijuana simply does not produce that kind of dependency...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRUG STATEMENTS | 4/18/1967 | See Source »

Arthur Friedman as Harry, the "wow" at parties, and Tom Jones as the wronged husband James are quick, polished, and properly above the sense and nonsense of what they are saying. At the very end of the play, however, Jones sinks into a too perceptive, responsive state. Both have passable accents; neither appears to strain to preserve it. I don't think Arthur Friedman looks like the forty-year-old man called for in the strip. This distorts his relation to Bill, a man in his twenties who rose from the lower classes by Harry's grace. The last member...

Author: By Charles F. Sabel, | Title: An Evening With Pinter and Beckett | 2/16/1967 | See Source »

STEPHANIE: They're all so . . . uh, visceral. Hey, WOW! Try this one for size . . . "Ellen Niedermeir...

Author: By T. JAY Mathews, | Title: Lamont: The First Night | 1/18/1967 | See Source »

...STUDENT: Wow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: RIGHT YOU ARE IF YOU SAY YOU ARE - OBSCURELY | 12/30/1966 | See Source »

...chance to cheer the Crimson towards the upset of the year, when Harvard closed the gap to five points with seven minutes left. A jump shot by Bob Kanuth, a foul shot by Bob Johnson, and then a leaping follow-up by Johnson of a missed shot, and wow: it was 70-63. Bob Cousy called for a time out, and the fans applauded for a full minute...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, | Title: B.C. Five Buries Crimson, 99-81 | 12/14/1966 | See Source »

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