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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...medical-marijuana license, even though I'm healthy and I don't smoke weed. I went to a doctor's office that consisted of a desk, a TV, two cans of air freshener and a man wearing a Hawaiian T-shirt. I told Dr. Magnum P.I. about my constant anxiety, insomnia and headaches - two more conditions than any previous patient had bothered to mention. He freaked out and gave me a pot license for only six months until I saw a psychologist. My lovely wife Cassandra, however, got a full year's prescription by claiming she was afflicted with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let's Bail Out the Pot Dealers! | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...keys to Mafia Wars' appeal is that it's easy. Unlike in a "real" video game, you can't really lose. The constant stream of rewards is addictive; you become like a rat who can't stop pushing the lever to get the little pellets. Your resources constantly regenerate, and the game is always giving you random items that you don't even know how you earned. People in your mafia send you gifts too. The game will try to make you give them in return, and tell them about things you're doing and - this is important - recruit more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Odd Popularity of Mafia Wars | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

After ten years of constant suppression of my airheadedness, I was starting to feel the emotional wear and tear of this battle of attrition. That’s when the glasses found me, just in time...

Author: By Julia M. Spiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: I Can See Clearly Now | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...unit of 45 marines as a motor transportation platoon commander. At dark every other night, Crabbe’s unit would leave friendly lines in dozens of trucks laden with supplies, sometimes driving all night to reach their destination. The threat of roadside bombs, mortars, and sniper fire was constant, Crabbe said...

Author: By William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: At HBS, Veterans Day Means Thanking Classmates | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...once the bad times began, they never quit. In 1946 a fire in his Connecticut studio destroyed more than 20 paintings. Then came rectal cancer and a car accident that left his painting arm temporarily immobilized. Then his wife left him, taking the kids. In despair and constant pain, he hanged himself. He was only 46 - a short life, but long enough to be a hinge that history turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arshile Gorky: The Shape Shifter | 11/9/2009 | See Source »

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