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Substance abuse costly for companies (Oct 28 2003 21:36 GMT) - (US) She noted that major industries within the area with a considerable number of employees do have a drug policy at the workplace which include EAP.[$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme2(70%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $use_is_abuse(95%), $propaganda_theme4(95%), $propaganda_theme7(100%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $drug_policy(100%), $prohibition(85%), $alcohol(50%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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'24' Turning Back the Clock (Oct 28 2003 21:36 GMT) - (US) Kiefer now battles a Mexican drug lord Now, we're told Jack has been off serving undercover to take down a Mexican drug lord (with terror ties, of course), while training hot young stud partner Chase Edmunds (James Badge Dale; and don't you love both those names?), while dating last seas...[$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $propaganda_theme5(70%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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Recently (Oct 28 2003 21:36 GMT) - Recently, I: opened a barely used Nintendo Entertainment System, set it up, and played Super Mario Brothers 3 for 2 hours. The plastic smelled fantastic.shouted at a man preaching why I should convert to Christianity in the subway at 8AM... |
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Standardized Tests (Oct 28 2003 21:36 GMT) - I had an experience yesterday that made me think about this issue again. Our county gave the PSAT to all of the 10 and 11th graders. I was in charge of administering it to the students at our school. There were 26 kids in the room. I’d estimate that about 5 of them were ready, in terms of their academic and emotional development, to take the test. |
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Gratuities (Oct 28 2003 21:36 GMT) - The Cloud's Terrible Power But beyond the voices, what is so frightening about the cloud is that no one else in the restaurant seems to observe its presence. The girl waiter is filling a parmesian shaker. Her colleague, another highschooler, is watching TV. The cook is not present (we have caught a glimpse of him leaving out the back: his back as he picked up a towel and left) -- the cloud should be manifest to them all, but it is not, they go about their own affairs.... |
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ggooooOOOO SUN! (Oct 28 2003 21:36 GMT) - Solar flare videos: flare in UV spectrum very groovy looking and visible light spectrum. This happened this morning, something like 2 billion tons of material blown our way! I wish I was up in Deep River or even better the... |
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Some missions are more equal than others (Oct 28 2003 21:35 GMT) - How'd that crazy sign get there? Pressed about the "Mission Accomplished" banner that so strategically hung behind May's rerouted-aircraft-carrier photo-op, Bush says it wasn't his sign, it was "put up by the members of the USS Abraham Lincoln, saying that their mission was accomplished. |
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Aubergine 3 and Open Air Bar Offer Global Fusion (Oct 28 2003 21:35 GMT) - "Aubergine 3"" will be returning to Open Air in the East Village Tuesday, at 10 PM. This time, though, it's all live. We will be augmenting our live dance music sound with two wonderful musicians. DC's up-and-coming soul chanteuse Angeli Murthy will be joining us for an evening of east-meets-west vocal improv, while the talented guitarist - and Open Air's host of NYC's favorite chillout party, Saffron Soul - K. Ravi will be bending notes and minds with his electro-ambient guitar wizardry. |
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Is Dean More Like McGovern or Carter? (Oct 28 2003 21:35 GMT) - The emergence of Howard Dean is clearly the biggest political story of 2003. But Dean's anti-war rehetoric and liberal image have many Democrats wondering if they are on the verge of nominating another George McGovern; a candidate out-of-touch with the American mainstream. Naturally, supporters say the better comparison is Jimmy... |
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Dean Plays Hardball in Florida (Oct 28 2003 21:35 GMT) - Howard Dean "is quietly mobilizing for a show of force at Florida's state Democratic Party convention in December, despite calls by national party leaders for a boycott if plans proceed for a presidential straw poll," the Miami Herald reports. However, Dean campaign manager Joe Trippi "laughed off the charge that... |
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La force française se déploie à Man après l'attaque d'une banque (Oct 28 2003 21:33 GMT) - Plus de 100 soldats de la force de maintien de la paix française (la force Licorne) ont été envoyés dans la ville de Man, pour restaurer l'ordre dans cette tumultueuse cité sous contrôle rebelle, dans l'Ouest de la Côte d'Ivoire, suite à l'attaque d'une banque au cours du week-end, a informé lundi le Lieutenant-Colonel Georges Peillon, un porte-parole de la force. |
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