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...State University of New York - has authored a new book describing his recovery from alcoholism, which was achieved with the aid of a common drug called baclofen, a muscle-relaxant designed to prevent the spasms behind a range of conditions from hiccups to multiple sclerosis symptoms. The claim is drawing a lot of attention, but it is too soon to say how effective the drug will be for other alcoholics or how widely it will be embraced by the addiction community. (Read a 1974 TIME cover story, "Alcoholism: New Victims, New Treatment...
...Hawks with a trip to Westpoint, N.Y., taking on the Black Knights at Gillis Field House. Panzano (1-8) opened the scoring for Harvard with his first dual meet victory of the season, topping Dean Gaier 7-2. The freshman earned two takedowns and an escape from bottom to claim the decision and tie the team score at three.Unfortunately for the Crimson, the heavier weights fell in Army’s favor, as the hosts took three straight bouts and a commanding lead. By the time Picarsic (3-2) took the mat, Harvard already trailed, 21-3, but the senior...
...second male lead, thinking back on his memories of that night with his frat brothers: "If a girl consents to sex," he wonders, "can she change her mind once things are underway? Or if she consents to sex, then blacks out halfway through the act, how can she later claim she'd changed her mind? Difficult questions, and Joey wrestled with them as he drove...
...civilian casualty toll in Gaza has put the Israeli military's conduct of operations there under scrutiny, and one senior U.N. official has suggested Israel may have committed "crimes against humanity" in the course of its campaign against Hamas militants hiding among Gaza's civilian population. Palestinian medical sources claim that over 300 children and 100 women were among Gaza's 1,200 fatalities. And the United Nations, Amnesty International, the International Committee for the Red Cross (I.C.R.C.), Human Right Watch, as well as Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups have all been investigating allegations of conduct that violates...
...Among the allegations being probed are claims that Israel targeted ambulances and medical crews, improperly used incendiary bombs such as white phosphorus in dense civilian areas (a claim also being internally investigated by the Israeli military), prevented the evacuation of wounded carrying white flags, and targeted schools, hospitals, supply convoys and a U.N. compound where over 1,000 civilians had taken shelter. Although Israel dropped thousands of leaflets and made phone calls to targeted buildings warning of impending bombardments, Palestinians argue that they had no safe places in which to take refuge amid Israel's fierce bombardment...