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This article did not escape the vigilance of investigative reporters from the San Francisco Chronicle. A swarm of reporters soon surrounded Harry, curious to know more about a footnote acknowledging that some of his work had been carried out for the U.S. Army Edgewood (Md.) arsenal [sic] in collaboration with the Sterling-Winthrop Research Institute, Rensselaer, NY, under contract No. DA18-108-AMC-103(A) ... 

Confronted with this evidence, continues the March 1, 1969 San Francisco Chronicle article, Dr. Pars denied he had made an earlier denial. Why would I deny something that s on the public records he asked. 

Brightest Comet Ever Headed Toward Earth" was the headline in the San Francisco Chronicle. As I scanned the article, I actually let out a yell of amazement. The comet would make its nearest approach to the sun on the twenty-third of December A nonperiodic comet, unknown to anyone on earth until March of 1973, was hurtling toward a rendezvous with the sun within a hundred hours of the solstice and the eclipse over the... 

Gender Gap on Gun Control Women Want Tougher Laws. San Francisco Chronicle, September 8, 1999, p. A6. Reports on an Associated Press poll that shows that 52 percent of women but only 33 percent of men believe that tougher gun laws are more likely to decrease gun violence than better enforcement of existing laws. 

Medical Costs for Gunshot Victims Estimated at 2.3 Billion Annually. San Francisco Chronicle, August 4, 1999, p. A2. Reports on a study by researchers at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University, based on 1994 data gathered from hospitals. The average cost per injury was 17,000. 

Walsh, Edward. Big Drop in Kids Expelled for Guns at School. San Francisco Chronicle, August 11, 1999, p. A3. Reports a survey by the federal Department of Education that found that the number of students expelled from schools for gun possession during the 1997-98 school year declined sharply from previous years. Both demographics and heightened security efforts may be responsible for the decline. 

Bowman, Catherine. Alameda County Moves against Gun Shows. San Francisco Chronicle, July 28, 1999, pp. Al, A16. Reports that Alameda County supervisors approved an ordinance that prohibited people from possessing firearms on county property, in effect banning gun shows from the Alameda County Fairgrounds. 

Chiang, Harriet, and Kevin Fagan. Gunmakers Can Be Sued by Victims. San Francisco Chronicle, September 30, 1999, p. Al, A19. Reports that a California state court of appeals has, for the first time in U.S. legal history, ruled that a gun maker can be held liable for the criminal use of its products. The case arose ftom a 1993 mass shooting in a San Francisco office building. 

Hodgson, Barbara. Opium Portrait of a Heavenly Demon. San Francisco Chronicle Books, 1999. 

Simple drug possession is a low law enforcement priority in cities where police budgets are badly stretched. Further, unless someone is acmally caught in possession of drugs, he or she cannot be arrested and forced into involuntary treatment. Some hard-core homeless drug users express a quite realistic view of their predicament. One, known only as Tommy, said it this way to a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle ... 

Connie Cass. Candidates Past Pot Use No Big Deal Dems Seeking Presidency Talk Frankly About Inhaling. San Francisco Chronicle, November 29, 2003, p. A2. Quoted in Marianne Lavelle. Teen Tobacco Wars An Antismoking Ad Blitz vs. New Cigarette Marketing Ploys. U.S. News ir World Report, February 7, 2000, pp. 14—16. 

Quoted in Mary H. Cooper, Drug Policy Debate The Issues. pp. 595-604. Quoted in Kevin Fagan, Homeless Island. San Francisco Chronicle, November 30, 2003, pp. Al, A2O-23. 

Quoted in Gilbert M. Gaul and Mary Pat Flaherty. Google Just Says No to Unlicensed Pharmacy Advertising. San Francisco Chronicle, December 1, 2003, p. A4. 

Hall, Carl T. Research Finds Alcohol Tolerance Gene UCSF Worm Study May Lead to Benefits for Human Drinkers. San Francisco Chronicle, December 12,2003, pp. Al, A24. Reports that researchers have found a gene that seems to be associated with resistance to the effects of alcohol. In the course of the research, a clearer picture has emerged of how alcohol affects the brain—it increases the flow of potassium ions across the BK... 

The following news story, illustrating this point, appeared during the end of July in the San Francisco Chronicle ... 

Heredia, Christopher. Poppers Link to HIV Prompts Call For Warnings in S.F. San Francisco Chronicle (Oct. 25, 2001) A22. 

DeBare I. 1997. 360 Degrees of Evaluation More Companies Turning to Full Circle Job Reviews, San Francisco Chronicle, May 5,1997. 

Clarke, Paul. (2008). The truth about vermouth The secret ingredient in today s top cocktails remains misunderstood. San Francisco Chronicle, http //www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article, cgi . 

Espinosa, S. (1993, January 26). Women prisoners allege drugging during trials. San Francisco Chronicle, p. 1. 

Figueroa, A. (1991, February 12). SF supervisors vote against shock treatment. San Francisco Chronicle, p. 3. 

A few months ago the San Francisco Chronicle reported a survey on the response of industrial corporations to women s issues, shown in Fig. 18. Women judge companies with respect to their policies concerning maternal leave and released time for family needs and especially with respect to facilities for child care. A survey of this kind was highly unlikely 15 or 20 years ago. Again, we see the broadening of boundaries between home and office. It is discouraging that in the listed ten best companies, chemical industry is represented very poorly. 

For a final example, again from the San Francisco Chronicle, Fig. 20 illustrates the increasing social responsibility of industry. Wealthy industrialists have always practiced philanthropy but now we have a business school in a major university presenting formal instruction to business students on how to be an effective philanthropist. The clear implication here is that the support of cultural institutions is no longer an incidental item but an integral part of a business plan. 

Lee, H. K. (2002, June 13). Airline passenger s rash sets off a smallpox scare. San Francisco Chronicle, p. Al. 

Sleeper, B. Primates The Amazing World of Lemurs, Monkeys, and Apes. San Francisco Chronicle Books, 1997. 

Shannon, Faith. The Art and Craft of Paper. San Francisco Chronicle Books, 1994. 

Tlu San Francisco Chronicle (January 21, 2003) reported that the number of international NGOs quadrupled in the last decade to over 50,000 organizations. 

Wilson, M. (2000) Driver busted for kava tea—San Mateo County case first of its kind in state. San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA, 29 April. 

Unfortunately, many people do not understand these truths. For example, when asked by a defense attorney in a celebrated homicide case what the rate of error in a blood test was, the assistant district attorney replied that their testing laboratories had no percentage of error because they have not committed any errors San Francisco Chronicle, June 29, 1994, p, 4). 

As to the size of farms, the 1964 census shows the average farm was about 350 acres. Recent studies in California, as reported in the San Francisco Chronicle, concluded that 640 acres is more realistic as an efficient and competitive enterprise. However, in certain crop areas such as the Imperial Valley of California, up to 1,500-2,000 acres are needed and in the Palouse area of Eastern Washington, 1,600 acres are considered the best size for wheat and pea farms (14). 

Maureen Orth, Esprit de Corp. For Sportswear Mogul Doug Tompkins, Image and Attitude Are Everything, San Francisco Chronicle, March 22, 1987 article reprinted from GQmagazine. 

Deborah Denno is one of the most influential women lawyers in America, and has taught at Fordham Law School since 1991. She also argues for a link between lead and crime (San Francisco Chronicle, September 26,2007). She explored 3,000 factors in 1,000 children who were followed from birth to age 22, and found a highly significant link between observed lead toxicity and the likelihood of criminal activity. Lead poisoning was the best predictor at age 7 for aggressive behavior in school, juvenile delinquency, and eventually criminal violence. 

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