Word: smith
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This attention is certainly merited, says TIME medical contributor Dr. Ian Smith. "There are two major problems with this trend of putting kids on these drugs," he says. "First, physical and psycho-social childhood development is incredibly complex, and no one really understands the total process." Second, Dr. Smith adds, no one has yet figured out exactly how these drugs might affect children in terms of benefits or drawbacks. That's about to change. The Clinton proposal, being announced Monday, will educate parents and teachers about the risks of psychotropic drugs through government programs and increased FDA vigilance and labeling...
...recent shootings and pleading their personal brand of sanity and law enforcement. While the NRA seems to be relishing its provocative role in the current confrontation, taking verbal shots at Clinton and the FBI, its presumptive allies, the gun makers, may be less interested in alienating the government. Friday, Smith & Wesson announced it had struck a deal with the feds; the gun giant agreed to implement safety devices and strict retail guidelines for its handguns, and in exchange, the government pledged to drop the company from any pending lawsuits against gun makers...
...surprisingly, President Clinton is happy to claim some credit for Smith & Wesson's decision. "The White House is saying the deal was forced in part by their threats to join the existing lawsuits against gun makers," says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. Now that the nation's largest gun manufacturer has joined Colt in a deal with the government, will other, smaller gun makers head to Washington as well, ready to cut a bargain? "It's quite possible," says Branegan. This spirit of compromise won't sit well with the NRA, whose position has only grown more stringent over...
When Marino was asked why he turned down the offer to play with wideouts Randy Moss and Cris Carter and running back Robert Smith--each better than any weapon he had ever had in Miami--in Minnesota, he showed the world what his priorities were. Not even the best shot at winning his dreamed-of title in years was worth living a few thousand miles away from his family for just six months...