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...Fellow of the Royal Society and Physician in Ordinary to Her Majesty's (Queen Victoria's) Household wrote in 1890 that he had prescribed cannabis for 30 years and considered it "one of the most valuable medicines we possess." (Did the otherwise straitlaced Queen, a joint dangling from her stiff upper lip, know something we don't know...
...monumental 1976 trade deficit of $6 billion was more than halved last year, while the 1977 balance of payments produced a $2.3 billion surplus. But this was accomplished by imposing stiff credit restrictions and astronomic lending rates of up to 22%. The result: a further slowdown in business activity...
...During the first game, I was still stiff from the time on the road," Nixon said. "The guy was very competitive, but after a while my experience began to show through," he continued...
...than newspaper humor, and some of the Myles na Gopaleen columns that Editor Jones resurrects should have stayed in the morgue. Many pieces, though, seem remarkably fresh. Humbug and absurdity have not gone out of fashion, and Myles was keenly aware of both. When a local judge levied a stiff jail term on a woman who had been caught shoplifting, the journalist commented: "I suppose he was right when he said there was far too much shoplifting in Dublin but I am not clear how one calculates what is the right amount of shoplifting for Dublin." He took figures...
Fortunately, the development of Tony's character is handled better, but it still leaves something to be desired. Though at first Tony seems to be just another Bay Ridge stiff--"nowhere, on his way to no place," as Stephanie puts it--the audience soon realizes he is different, more aware of his motives and desires. The high he gets from dancing is transitory. He wants that same feeling to come from other parts of his life, which is empty but for the disco dancing. He comes to view his life as unsatisfying and unhealthy, especially when several events occur...