“ The Prohibition era had been a great source of material for building an excellent science of alcohol intoxication Deborah Blum
“ Choosing not to feel pain is choosing a sort of death, a withering away of the expansive self. Deborah Blum
“ That same January the city government had released a report declaring that thanks to ill-informed, corrupt, and occasionally drunken coroners, murderers in New York were escaping justice in record num… Deborah Blum
“ At Stone’s direction, Harry removed ovaries, blinded the female rats, and removed their olfactory bulbs. Sightless, hormone-deprived—it didn’t matter. The mother rats crawled determinedly toward the b… Deborah Blum
“ The best instructional programs help students master a subject by encouraging attentiveness, demanding hard work, and reinforcing learned skills through repetition. Deborah Blum
“ Even if a perfect system could be designed, it would still have to operate in an imperfect world. Deborah Blum
“ SCIENTISTS HAD KNOWN since the late nineteenth century that tobacco smoke contains carbon monoxide. Victorian scientists had even been able to calculate the amount of gas in the smoke: up to 4 percent… Deborah Blum
“ Even in the heyday of frozen concentrate, the popularity of orange juice rested largely on its image as the ultimate natural beverage, fresh squeezed from a primordial fruit. But the reality is that h… Deborah Blum
“ Our own ways of mourning may be unique, but the human capacity to grieve deeply is something we share with other animals. Deborah Blum
“ The U.S. government spends billions of dollars on disasters after they happen, but it pinches pennies when it comes to preparing for them. Deborah Blum
“ He confessed to stalking, torturing, and assaulting 400 children while traveling the country. Deborah Blum
“ At the present time I am spending nearly $300 a month from my own personal funds for work which in my opinion has absolutely to be done to keep up the work of the office, Deborah Blum
“ At the end, in Harry’s handiwork, there’s nothing sentimental about love, no sunlit clouds and glory notes – it’s a substantial, earthbound connection, grounded in effort, kindness and decency. Learni… Deborah Blum
“ Although traditional weapons killed far more people in the Great War, poison gas gave a new nightmare edge to the fighting. Deborah Blum
“ We typically think of stress as being a risk factor for disease, said Cole. And it is, somewhat. But if you actually measure stress, using our best available instruments, it can’t hold a candle to soc… Deborah Blum
“ From almost every standpoint ethyl alcohol must be regarded as the most important poison with which medical men and jurists have to deal, Gettler wrote in a paper, listing a seemingly endless record o… Deborah Blum
