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Moderation management is the notion that alcoholics (or "problem drinkers") can continue drinking as long as they are careful and stick to a kind of homeopathic weekly ration of drinks (nine for women...
...testimonial, there is no evidence to support that moderation works--or, for that matter, doesn't work. Medical studies have consistently shown that abstinence for alcoholics can lead to improved health and a longer life-span. But those findings don't address the crux of the matter: Are all problem drinkers alcoholics? Related to that is another question: Are problem drinkers more likely to fail at moderation or abstinence...
...boot last Thursday, I promised myself that this would be the end. But 15 minutes later, I logged on one last time to see how the gang was faring. Next thing I knew, it was 5 a.m., and I was still glued to the screen. Clearly, I have a problem...
Though the technological problem persists, the Administration continues to expand a decision to deploy the building blocks of our national missile-defense system [NATION, July 10]. Our leaders suffer from what has been termed a "field of dreams" attitude: If we build it, it will work! WILLIAM E. JACKSON JR. Davidson...
...offensive represents the seeds of what could grow into a serious problem for U.S. agribusiness, which had been betting that science-friendly American consumers would remain immune to any "Frankenfood" backlash cross-pollinating from Europe or Japan. After all, this is (mostly) U.S. technology, and it has spread so quickly and so quietly that the proportion of U.S. farmland planted in genetically altered corn now stands at nearly 25%. Some 70% of processed food in American supermarkets, from soup to sandwich meat, contains ingredients derived from transgenic corn, soybeans and other plants. Yet all of a sudden, activists are "yelling...