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...Yup, and damned if it doesn't work--most of the time...
...Yup. The kids can discreetly get their condoms at school, but Mom and Dad must slink off to the doctor's office and pay for permission to attempt to quit smoking with nicotine patches. And that's not all. Even with a prescription, smokers in many states have an easier time purchasing a semiautomatic AK-47 assault rifle -- totally legal, no waiting period -- than certain nicotine patches. The catch? Unlike guns, not only are patches highly regulated, but get this, the two leading brands are being tightly rationed in many areas. For nicotine devotees, walking a mere mile...
...blond Frenchwoman tending galley, sometimes topless. As a husband to Janie, he could be mean, and publicly so. Roddey recalls the time Turner brought his wife over to a table to introduce her to a group and "somebody said, 'You sure have a beautiful woman there.' And Ted said, 'Yup, and if she doesn't stay beautiful, the next one will be even better.' That kind of remark was not uncommon...
Exactly how it works remains mystifying. Doctors guide patients into a hypnotic state by having them focus on a particular mental image, a soothing voice or an object (yup, a swinging watch on a chain will do the trick). Once the patient is there, habitual patterns of thought are temporarily suspended. One theory is that the limbic system -- the brain region linked to emotion and involuntary responses like blood pressure -- is stimulated under hypnosis and rendered capable of reacting to external suggestions. An estimated 1 in 10 people, however, is not suggestible...